Legal Opinion
Mellon v. Goodyear
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided May 28, 1928No. 131PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McReynolds
While employed in interstate commerce by the Director General of Railroads at Belleville, Kansas, July .31, 1919, Lewis Goodyear sustained serious personal injuries for which he claimed the right to recover damages under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act (35 Stat. 65, c. 149; 36 Stat. 291). On March 16, 1920, he séttled with the employer, accepted the agreed sum, and executed a general release, which, among other things, recites—
“ I do hereby compromise said claim and do respectively release and forever discharge said Director General of Railroads, operating Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific…
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