Legal Opinion

Louisville N. R. Co. v. Steel

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided May 15, 1952No. 6 Div. 222PublishedCited by 25 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

STAKELY, Justice.

This is a suit instituted by John Steel’ (appellee) against the Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company (appellant) under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act, 45> U.S.C.A. § 151 et seq., for damages alleged', to have been suffered on January 28, 1949,, while shoveling sand in a boxcar sand, house of the railroad company. It is-claimed that his left foot slipped out from, under him because of a wet and slick steel floor in the boxcar causing him to fall down on his right knee, his back striking; against the door of the boxcar, from which, he sustained his injuries.

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2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Lavender v. KurnSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
  2. Tennant v. Peoria & Pekin Union Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
  3. Tiller v. Atlantic Coast Line RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
  4. Bailey v. Central Vermont Railway, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1943
  5. Wilkerson v. McCarthySupreme Court of the United States · 1949

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3Cited by25 opinions

  1. Beloit Corp. v. HarrellSupreme Court of Alabama · 1976
  2. Clark v. HudsonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1956
  3. Shepherd v. Southern Railway CompanySupreme Court of Alabama · 1970
  4. Alabama Great Southern Railroad Co. v. GambrellSupreme Court of Alabama · 1955
  5. Willcutt v. Union Oil Co. of CaliforniaSupreme Court of Alabama · 1983

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