Legal Opinion
Floyd W. Freed, III v. The Erie Lackawanna Railway Company
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided July 16, 1971No. 20872PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BROOKS, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff-appellant, Floyd W. Freed, III, brought this action under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act against defendant-appellee, Erie Lackawanna Railway Company, for personal injuries sustained when he was struck by a train. This appeal follows a jury verdict for the defendant.
At the time plaintiff was injured, he was the head brakeman on a freight train running from Cleveland to Youngstown, Ohio. The accident occurred in the North Randall switching area where there were numerous sets of tracks and switching operations were frequent. The plaintiff and the fireman, a…
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