State Supreme Court / Mo.

Sampson v. Missouri Pacific Railroad

Decided January 3, 1978. Robert Eldridge Seiler wrote the opinion for the court.

560 S.W.2d 573 · Cited 101 times

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Decisions in our collection this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases we publish link through; others open the full text.

Gorman v. St. Louis-San Francisco Railroad · 427 S.W.2d 390
Markley v. Kansas City Southern Railway Co. · 90 S.W.2d 409
Womack v. Crescent Metal Products, Inc. · 539 S.W.2d 481
Orr v. Shell Oil Co. · 177 S.W.2d 608
Oesterle v. Kroger Grocery & Baking Co. · 141 S.W.2d 780
State v. Harris · 64 S.W.2d 256
Bush v. Kansas City Public Service Co. · 169 S.W.2d 331
White v. Burkeybile · 386 S.W.2d 418
Eller v. Crowell · 238 S.W.2d 310
Seymour v. House · 305 S.W.2d 1
Boring v. Kansas City Life Insurance Company · 274 S.W.2d 233
Pritt v. Terminal RR Ass'n of St. Louis · 251 S.W.2d 622
Haley v. Byers Transportation Company · 414 S.W.2d 777
Cohagan v. Laclede Steel Company · 317 S.W.2d 452

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