Lavender v. Kurn

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 under the Federal Employers Liability Act. L.E. Haney was a switchtender who was killed at Grand Central Station in Memphis, Tennessee. He worked for both the Illinois Central and Frisco railroads.

Lavender v. Kurn
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued March 6–7, 1946 Decided March 25, 1946
Full case name	Lavender v. Kurn, et al.
Citations	327 U.S. 645 (more) 66 S.Ct. 740; 90 L. Ed. 916; 1946 U.S. LEXIS 3014
Case history
Prior	Certiorari to the Supreme Court of Missouri, 189 S.W.2d 253
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.
Court membership
Chief Justice Harlan F. Stone Associate Justices Hugo Black · Stanley F. Reed Felix Frankfurter · William O. Douglas Frank Murphy · Robert H. Jackson Wiley B. Rutledge · Harold H. Burton
Case opinions
Majority	Murphy, joined by Black, Frankfurter, Douglas, Jackson, Rutledge, Burton
Dissent	Reed

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. 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.