Title: Seaford v. Norfolk S. Ry. Co.

State: ohio

Issuer: Ohio Supreme Court

Document:

[Cite as Seaford v. Norfolk S. Ry. Co., 106 Ohio St.3d 430, 2005-Ohio-5407.] 
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SEAFORD ET AL., APPELLEES, v. NORFOLK SOUTHERN  
RAILWAY COMPANY, APPELLANT. 
[Cite as Seaford v. Norfolk S. Ry. Co., 106 Ohio St.3d 430, 2005-Ohio-5407.] 
Federal Employers’ Liability Act — Damages — Pro tanto credit — Court of 
appeals’ judgment reversed in part on the authority of Hess v. Norfolk S. 
Ry. Co. and cause remanded. 
(No. 2005-0172 — Submitted August 23, 2005 — Decided October 26, 2005.) 
APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Cuyahoga County,  
No. 83137, 2004-Ohio-6849. 
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{¶ 1} The judgment of the court of appeals on the issue raised in 
appellant’s Proposition of Law No. IV is reversed on the authority of Hess v. 
Norfolk S. Ry. Co., 106 Ohio St.3d 389, 2005-Ohio-5408, ___ N.E.2d ___, and 
the cause is remanded to the trial court for application of Hess. 
 
RESNICK, PFEIFER, LUNDBERG STRATTON, O’CONNOR and O’DONNELL, 
JJ., concur. 
 
MOYER, C.J., and LANZINGER, J., dissent. 
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Brent Coon & Associates, Christopher J. Hickey, and Mary Brigid 
Sweeney; Kevin E. McDermott, for appellees. 
 
Gallagher, Sharp, Fulton & Norman, Kevin C. Alexandersen, Monica A. 
Sansalone, and Holly M. Olarczuk-Smith, for appellant. 
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