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· 10/10/1986

Wilson v. Burlington Northern Railroad Company

Citations

  • 803 F.2d 563
  • 1986 U.S. App. LEXIS 32107

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  • “Pain and suffering is a sentimental award which has been engrafted onto awards for economic loss through common-law evolution. The jury or court award of this amount is merely the reduction of that sentimental value to dollars at the time of judgment . . . .”

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