Legal Opinion
Fort Worth & D. C. Ry. Co. v. Griffith
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided April 9, 1930No. 3386PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHall, C. J.
Griffith sued the appellant railway company, claiming damages for personal injuries in the sum of $25,000, as the result of the negligence of the railway company and its servants. He alleges that while in the service of appellant as a switchman .working in the yards at Wichita Falls with a yard crew, of which he was foreman, he sustained injuries to his eyes and which resulted in the loss of his left eye; that the injuries were occasioned by an explosion in the fire box of the engine with which he was working, causing the engine to emit dirt, smoke, sand, fumes, and gases, striking him in the…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Second Employers'liability CasesSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
- Railroad Co. v. LockwoodSupreme Court of the United States · 1873
- New Orleans & Northeastern Railroad v. HarrisSupreme Court of the United States · 1918
- Philadelphia, Baltimore & Washington Railroad v. SchubertSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
- Great Northern Railway Co. v. WilesSupreme Court of the United States · 1916
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