Legal Opinion
Cratsley v. Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad
District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania
Decided September 1, 1967No. Civ. A. No. 66-1495PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
MARSH, District Judge.
The plaintiff, Frederick A. Cratsley, Jr., brought this action under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act,1 alleging that on February 25, 1964, while employed by The Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad Company, due to the negligence of a fellow employee, he sustained an injury while at work for the railroad which has resulted in permanent and total disability.
The complaint was filed on December 20, 1966, over 11 years after the accident. The defendant railroad in its answer invokes the three year statute of limitations contained in the Act and pleads a…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Glus v. Brooklyn Eastern District TerminalSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
- Dice v. Akron, Canton & Youngstown RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
- Scarborough v. Atlantic Coast Line R. CoCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1949
- Fravel v. Pennsylvania R. Co.District Court, D. Maryland · 1952
- Rocco D. Longo v. The Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad Company, New York Central SystemCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1966
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Frederick L. Millner v. Norfolk & Western Railway Company, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1981
- David L. Turner v. Burlington Northern Railroad CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1985
- Washburn v. TERMINAL R. ASS'N OF ST. LOUISAppellate Court of Illinois · 1969
- Washburn v. Terminal Railroad Ass'n of St. LouisAppellate Court of Illinois · 1969
- Turner v. Burlington Northern RailroadCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1985