Legal Opinion
Shaw v. Texas & Pacific Railway Co.
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided January 11, 1965No. 1575PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HALL, Judge.
Mack Shaw, an employee of the defendant railway company was run over and killed by one of defendant’s trains on August 1, 1956. Alleging that the accident was caused by defendant’s negligence, Shaw’s widow, as administratrix of the estate, brought this suit in the Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans for damages under the provisions of the Federal Employers’ Liability Act (45 U.S.C.A. § 51 et seq.) for her own individual benefit and for the benefit of the two minor children of her marriage with decedent.
The defendant filed an exception to the jurisdiction which was…
2Cases cited19 opinions
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- Tennant v. Peoria & Pekin Union Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Gallick v. Baltimore & Ohio RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Herb v. PitcairnSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
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