Legal Opinion
Southern Pacific Company v. Lloyd M. Mahl, Sr.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 24, 1969No. 25937_1PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
THORNBERRY, Circuit Judge:
These appeals arise out of an action instituted by Lloyd Mahl to recover damages for personal injuries sustained while he was attempting to uncouple two railroad cars in the course of his employment for the defendant railroad. The evidence indicates that Mahl, after signalling the engineer for slack, attempted to uncouple the cars by pulling a lever which extends from the outside corner of the car and is linked to the coupler pin between the cars, but the uncoupling mechanism failed to release. He again called for slack and repeated the process, but again the…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Johnson v. Southern Pacific Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1904
- Myers v. Reading Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Minneapolis & St. Louis Railroad v. GotschallSupreme Court of the United States · 1917
- Nichols v. Chesapeake & O. Ry. Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1912
- Chicago, St. P., M. and O. Ry. Co. v. MuldowneyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1942
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3Cited by13 opinions
- Enrique Maldonado v. Missouri Pacific Railway CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1986
- United Transportation Union v. Drew Lewis, Secretary of TransportationCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1983
- Reynolds v. Alton & Southern Railway Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1983
- Darrel Coleman v. Burlington Northern, Inc., a Delaware CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1982
- Buskirk v. Burlington Northern, Inc.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1982
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