Legal Opinion
Palum v. Lehigh Valley R.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided January 7, 1948No. 44, Docket 20633PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
AUGUSTUS N. HAND, Circuit Judge.
The plaintiff worked for the defendant Lehigh Valley Railroad as a machinist’s helper for some eighteen years. Thereafter he worked on its engines as a fireman for about three years. While thus engaged he suffered injuries alleged to have been due to the defendant’s negligence and has brought this action to recover damages therefor. Prior to August 21, 1945, when he sustained his injuries, he had worked as fireman only on the defendant’s Wyoming Division. That Division extended from Sayre, Pennsylvania, to Lehighton — a distance of about 153 miles. Before he…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Lavender v. KurnSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Tennant v. Peoria & Pekin Union Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Tiller v. Atlantic Coast Line RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Bailey v. Central Vermont Railway, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Ellis v. Union Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Emmett E. Page v. St. Louis Southwestern Railway CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1963
- Cheffey v. Pennsylvania R. Co.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1948
- Margevich v. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1954
- Hanley v. Erie RailroadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1948
- Swider v. Delaware & Hudson RailroadNew York Supreme Court · 1950
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