Phelps v. Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad Company
Supreme Court of Missouri
1Opinion of the Court
HIGGINS, Commissioner.
Action under Federal Employers’ Liability Act, 45 U.S.C.A. §§ 51-60, for personal injuries sustained by plaintiff while allegedly an employee of defendant. Verdict and judgment were for plaintiff for $25,000.
The dispositive issue is whether plaintiff was an employee of defendant within the meaning of the Act at the time of his injury. '
Plaintiff alleged he was an employee of defendant in interstate commerce on November 22, 1960, and, while placing a trac tor-trailer motor vehicle on a flat railroad car, was attempting to disconnect the tractor when, due to negligence of…
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- Fawcett v. Missouri Pacific Railroad CompanyDistrict Court, W.D. Louisiana · 1965
- Kentucky Electric Power Co. v. Norton Coal Mining Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1938
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