Legal Opinion
Roan Dixon v. Virginian Railway Company, a Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided November 13, 1957No. 7493_1PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HAYNSWORTH, Circuit Judge.
The plaintiff, Dixon, was hit in the arm by a hook attached to a steel cable uwith which he and another employee of the Railway were attempting to move a boxcar. He filed suit under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act, 45 U.S.C.A. § 51 et seq. After all of the testimony had been taken, the plaintiff moved for peremptory instructions that the Railway was guilty of negligence which was the proximate cause of the injury and that the plaintiff had not been contribu-torily negligent. These motions were denied, and the issues of negligence and contributory negligence were…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Wilkerson v. McCarthySupreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company v. E. T. Truett, as Administrator of the Estate of Donald Truett, DeceasedCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1957
- The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company v. Daniel T. JacksonCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1956
- Fred Guegan v. The New York Central Railroad CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1957
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