Legal Opinion
Frank Mahon v. The Reading Company
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided October 11, 1966No. 15431_1PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
GANEY, Circuit Judge.
Frank Mahon brought the action here involved under the Safety Appliances Acts in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. He sought damages for a neck injury sustained by him on June 21, 1960, while he was applying a gondola car brake wheel which he alleged did not work properly during a shifting movement of freight cars. He received a verdict and the defendant railroad appeals from the denial of its motion for a new trial. The railroad claims that the trial court erred in denying its motion for a new trial because its…
2Cases cited27 opinions
- Greene v. McElroySupreme Court of the United States · 1959
- Eichel v. New York Central RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Donald Feeley v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1964
- Rich Hill Coal Company v. BashoreSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1939
- Emmett E. Page v. St. Louis Southwestern Railway CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1965
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Theodore Gladden v. P. Henderson & Co. v. Lavino Shipping Company, Third-PartyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1967
- Griesser v. National Railroad PassengerSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2000
- James E. Rivers v. Union Carbide CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1970
- Norfolk Southern Railway Corp. v. TillerCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 2008
- Jean Alva Fuhrman, of the Estate of Wilbur F. Fuhrman, Deceased v. Reading CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1971
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