Legal Opinion
Lewis v. Union Pacific Railroad
California Court of Appeal
Decided August 30, 1954No. Civ. 19888PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MOSK, J. pro tem. *
Respondent, an employee of the appel lant railroad company for more than 20 years, had served as a member of a crew of workmen in appellant’s East Los Angeles yards for about two and one-half years prior to April 27,1950. On that date he was performing certain repair work oil a train popularly known as the ' ‘ City of Los Angeles. ’ ’
A leak of air pressure was discovered on a routine test of brakes and respondent, together with a fellow workman, Harold Purcell, through a series of tests isolated the leak first to a lounge car numbered 3408 and then more specifically to…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Tennant v. Peoria & Pekin Union Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Patton v. Texas & Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1901
- Moore v. Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1951
- Grand Trunk Western Railway Co. v. LindsaySupreme Court of the United States · 1914
- Baltimore & Potomac Railroad v. MacKeySupreme Court of the United States · 1895
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Las Palmas Associates v. Las Palmas Center AssociatesCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1991
- Torres v. Southern Pacific Co.California Court of Appeal · 1968
- Farnsworth v. Western Pacific RailroadCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1966