Legal Opinion
Fluck v. Norfolk & Western Railway Co.
District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania
Decided December 1, 1971No. Civ. A. No. 69-51PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ROSENBERG, District Judge.
This matter came on for trial to the court. The plaintiff in this action, Jerome N. Fluck, is a resident of Cleveland, Ohio. The defendant, Norfolk and Western Railway Company, is a carrier engaged in interstate commerce, and employed the plaintiff as a yard foreman for twenty-eight years. Jurisdiction in this court arises by virtue of the Federal Employers’ Liability Act, 45 U.S.C. § 51.
From the record it appears that on January 19, 1966, the plaintiff reported for work at 7:30 A.M.; that the plaintiff was directed to move some cars to the defendant’s…
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