Legal Opinion
Seaboard Air Line Railroad v. Cain
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided May 25, 1965No. Nos. 64-786, 64-793PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TILLMAN PEARSON, Judge.
The appellants are the Seaboard Air Line Railroad Company; the Crandon Drug Company, and Ryder System, Inc. They were the defendants in the trial court. The appellee, Leland B. Cain, was a brakeman for Seaboard. He sued the appellants for damages received in a truck-train accident. A jury verdict was rendered for the appel-lee. These appeals are from a final judgment for the plaintiff.
The accident occurred at about 4:30 a. m. at the intersection of State Road 776 and the Seaboard tracks six miles west of Englewood in Charlotte County, Florida. The appellee was injured…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Rogers v. Missouri Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company v. BarrettSupreme Court of Florida · 1958
3Cited by4 opinions
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- Willard v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1970