Legal Opinion
Bullard v. Central Vermont Railway, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided November 15, 1977No. Nos. 77-1298 and 77-1299PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEVIN H. CAMPBELL, Circuit Judge.
On October 2, 1972, freight trains operated by the Boston & Maine Railroad (B & M) and the Central Vermont Railway (Central Vermont) were in a head-on collision in Belchertown, Massachusetts on a stretch of track owned by Central Vermont. Three employees of the railroads were killed and two were injured. The injured employees and the representatives of the estates of the deceased employees sued the railroads in the district court. The actions by employees against their own employer were brought under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act, 45 U.S.C. § 51 et seq.…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Gaudette v. WebbMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1972
- Mone v. Greyhound Lines, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1975
- Boott Mills v. Boston & Maine RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1914
- Robert Laforest v. Autoridad De Las Fuentes Fluviales De Puerto RicoCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1976
- Jose Virella Rivera v. Rederi A/b Nordstjernan, and Third Party v. International Shipping Agency, Inc., Third Party (Two Cases)Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1972
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3Cited by10 opinions
- William Hagerty v. L & L Marine Services, Inc., and Union Carbide Corp.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1986
- Vance and Augusta Williams v. Martin Marietta Alumina, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1987
- Roger Gaston v. Flowers Transportation, (Cro-Marine Division, a Division of Chromalloy American Corporation)Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1989
- Garbincius v. Boston Edison Co.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1980
- Jim Buell v. Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1985
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