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Watkins v. Baltimore & O. R.

District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania

Decided October 19, 1939No. 356PublishedCited by 19 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SCHOONMAKER, District Judge.

Jennie Watkins, widow of David E. Watkins, brought this action originally to recover damages alleged to have been caused by negligence of defendant railway company, which resulted in the death of her husband, who, at the time of his injuries, which resulted in his death, was employed by the third-party defendant as a tipple foreman, and engaged in the inspection, examination, and cleaning of a coal conveyor of the third-party defendant located on its land adjoining a railway siding into its property, which had been constructed by defendant railway company under an…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Kravas v. Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co.District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 1939
  2. Cacey v. Virginian Ry. Co.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1936
  3. National Transit Co. v. DavisCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1925

3Cited by19 opinions

  1. Southern Pacific Co. v. LaymanOregon Supreme Court · 1943
  2. Sheppard v. Atlantic States Gas Co. of Pennsylvania, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1948
  3. Gray v. Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co.District Court, W.D. Louisiana · 1940
  4. New York Central Railroad Co. v. General Motors Corp.District Court, N.D. Ohio · 1960
  5. Chicago & N. W. Ry. Co. v. Chicago Packaged Fuel Co.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1952

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