164 S.E.2d 269 (Ga.App. 1968), 43933, Seaboard Coast Line R. Co. v. Daugherty

Citation: 164 S.E.2d 269, 118 Ga.App. 518

Opinion Judge: HALL, Judge.

Party Name: SEABOARD COAST LINE RAILROAD COMPANY v. Anna L. DAUGHERTY.

Attorney: The Federal Employers' Liability Act requires that in actions for injury or death, of railroad employees the damages shall be diminished in the proportion that the employee's negligence bears to the total negligence of both parties causing the injury. Under this Act the common-law rule of 'last c...

Judge Panel: BELL, P.J., and J. KELLEY QUILLIAN, J., concur.

Case Date: September 30, 1968

Court: Georgia Court of Appeals