Legal Opinion

Buffo v. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided April 10, 1950No. Appeal, No. 114PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Allen M. Stearns,

The sole question at issue is whether there was sufficient evidence to support the jury’s finding of negligence on the part of defendant under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act of 1908, as amended: 35 Stat. 65 (1908), 4.5 U. S. C. sec. 51, 45 U. S. C. A. 51 et seq., which provides: “Every common carrier by railroad while engaging (in interstate commerce) shall be liable in damages to any person suffering injury while he is employed by such carrier in such commerce . . . for such injury . . . resulting in whole or in part from the negligence ... of…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Second Employers'liability CasesSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
  2. Tiller v. Atlantic Coast Line RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
  3. Bailey v. Central Vermont Railway, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1943
  4. Wilkerson v. McCarthySupreme Court of the United States · 1949
  5. Brown v. Western R. Co. of Ala.Supreme Court of the United States · 1949

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Strobel v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1959
  2. Hileman v. Pittsburgh & Lake Erie RailroadSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1996
  3. Papapetrou v. EdgarSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1972
  4. Ciarolla v. Union Railroad Co.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
  5. Pennsylvania Railroad v. Sun Oil Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1956

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