Legal Opinion
Texas and Pacific Railway Company v. L. H. Griffith, Jr.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided April 3, 1959No. 17385_1PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WISDOM, Circuit Judge.
The appellant attacks the adequacy and fairness of the trial judge’s charges to the jury in a personal injury suit brought under the Federal Safety Appliance Act 1 and the Federal Employers’ Liability Act. 2
L. H. Griffith was a brakeman for the Texas and Pacific Railway Company. At 2:30 A.M., March 5, 1954, he was riding a boxcar in a switching operation. His job that night was to ride a particular car, loaded with automobile parts, into Track A3 of the Mineóla, Texas, yards, then bring it to a stop by using its hand brake at a point eight to ten lengths in the clear in…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- O'Donnell v. Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Myers v. Reading Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Carter v. Atlanta & St. Andrews Bay Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1950
- Chicago & N. W. Ry. Co. v. GreenCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1947
- Didinger v. Pennsylvania R. Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1930
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Clarence Borel v. Fibreboard Paper Products Corporation, Nationalsurety Corporation, Intervenor-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
- James W. Richardson v. Consolidated Rail CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1994
- Shepherd v. Southern Railway CompanySupreme Court of Alabama · 1970
- Cateno Turchio v. D/s A/s Den Norske Africa, and Third Party Plaintiffs-Appellees-Cross-Appellants v. Pittston Stevedoring Corporation, Third PartyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1974
- Patterson v. CushmanAlaska Supreme Court · 1964
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