Legal Opinion
Grand Trunk Western Ry. Co. v. Heatlie
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided April 15, 1931No. 5762-5764PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MOORMAN, Circuit Judge.
These suits were heard together in the court below and were argued together in this court. They were brought to recover damages under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act (45 USCA §§ 51-59) for injuries to James White and for the deaths of Ernest Drew and Walter Heatlie, occurring in a collision of two of appellant’s east-bound freight trains at the village of Morrice, Mich. Drew was engineer, Heatlie fireman, and White a brakeman on train 484 which left Battle Creek for Durand, on the morning of the day of the collision. At Bellevue, 13 miles east of Battle Creek, the…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- New York, Lake Erie & Western Railroad v. Winter's AdministratorSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
- Southern Railway-Carolina Division v. BennettSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
- Norfolk & Western Railway Co. v. HolbrookSupreme Court of the United States · 1915
- Rochford v. Pennsylvania Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1909
- Baltimore & O. R. v. O'NeillCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1911
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3Cited by13 opinions
- Chicago & N. W. Ry. Co. v. KellyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1934
- Scott v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1947
- Grand Trunk Western R. Co. v. CollinsCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1933
- Chapman v. Alton R.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1941
- Colas v. GrzegorekCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1953
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