Lavender v. Kurn

Infobox SCOTUS case
Litigants=Lavender v. Kurn
ArgueDateA=March 6
ArgueDateB=7
ArgueYear=1946
DecideDate=March 25
DecideYear=1946
FullName=Lavender v. Kurn, et al.
USVol=327
USPage=645
Citation=327 U.S. 645, 66 S.Ct. 740, 90 L.Ed. 916
Prior=Certiorari to the Supreme Court of Missouri. 189 S.W.2d 253
Subsequent=
Holding=There was sufficient evidence of negligence on the part of the defendants to justify the submission of the case to the jury and to require appellate courts to abide by the verdict rendered by the jury.
SCOTUS=1945-1946
Majority=Murphy
JoinMajority=Black, Frankfurter, Douglas, Jackson, Rutledge, Burton
Dissent=Reed

"Lavender v. Kurn", 327 U.S. 645 (1946) was a case decided by the Supreme Court of the United States dealing with a negligent wrongful death case against a railroad employer. The Missouri Supreme Court ordered a directed verdict in favor of the employer, claiming lack of evidence of negligence. The Supreme Court overruled the State Supreme Court's ruling, claiming evidence was sufficient enough for the case to be submitted to a jury.

This is a case involving the sufficiency of evidence required to send a case to a jury, as opposed to a directed verdict by the court. The court held that there was sufficient evidence of negligence on the part of the defendants to justify the submission of the case to the jury and to require appellate courts to abide by the verdict rendered by the jury.

External links

* [http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=CASE&court=US&vol=327&page=645 327 U.S. 645] Full text of the opinion on Findlaw.com.