Legal Opinion
Blunk v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co.
California Court of Appeal
Decided April 27, 1950No. Civ. 17190PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWhite, P. J.
Defendant railway company appeals from a judgment against it entered upon the verdict of a jury in an action for personal injuries brought by an employee under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act (45 U.S.C., § 51 et seq.).
Defendant maintained a “change room” in a building located near the roundhouse in its yards at Winslow, Arizona. Plaintiff, a fireman, was injured in the change room when he went there preparatory to changing his clothes in order to go on duty. He kept his working clothes in a metal grip, and had placed the grip on a rack in the change room at approximately eye level. When…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Tennant v. Peoria & Pekin Union Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Galloway v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Davis v. GreenSupreme Court of the United States · 1922
- Eckenrode v. Pennsylvania RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Eckenrode v. Pennsylvania R. Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1947
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3Cited by7 opinions
- George Copeland v. St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Company, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1961
- Ericksen v. Southern Pacific Co.California Supreme Court · 1952
- Gray v. CarterCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1950
- Amann v. NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANYMontana Supreme Court · 1955
- Rasmus v. Southern Pacific Co.California Court of Appeal · 1956
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