Kelley v. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Hennepin county to recover $50,000 for injuries received while in defendant’s employ. The answer among other matters set forth the terms of defendant’s Bulletin No. 133, part of which is quoted in the seventh paragraph of the opinion. The case was tried before Steele, J., and a jury which returned a verdict for $13,-154. From an order denying its motion for a new trial, defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the Court
Lees, 0.
On May 1, 1917, respondent, while employed by appellant as conductor on one of its freight trains, was engaged in switching cars at Bayard, Nebraska, a station on appellant’s railroad. He attempted to alight from the front end of the engine as it was running past the station platform at a speed of from 12 to 15 miles per hour, stepped into a pile of fine cinders lying along the track and extending over the platform, lost his footing, fell between the platform and the track, was dragged several feef before the engine was stopped and lost his left arm, which was severed a few inches…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Union Pacific Railroad v. HadleySupreme Court of the United States · 1918
- Pierce v. WagnerSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1882
- Gibson v. Chicago Great Western RailroadSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1912
- Weiss v. Great Northern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1912
- Pennsylvania Co. v. SheeleyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1915
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- Coble v. LaceySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1958
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