Legal Opinion
Cheffey v. Pennsylvania R. Co.
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided August 11, 1948No. Civil Action 5913PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MURPHY, District Judge.
This is an action under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act, 45 U.S.C.A. §§ 51-60, for damages for injuries sustained by plaintiff, a resident and citizen of Brilliant, Ohio, while employed on October 8, 1945, in interstate commerce at defendant railroad’s Mingo Junction Ohio Car Repair Shop.
The jury found for plaintiff; in answer to interrogatories found that defendant failed to furnish plaintiff with a reasonably safe place to work and that such failure was a cause of the accident; that negligence of the plaintiff contributed to the accident and reduced the total…
2Cases cited47 opinions
- Lavender v. KurnSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Tennant v. Peoria & Pekin Union Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Sparf v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
- Seaboard Air Line Railway v. HortonSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
- Tiller v. Atlantic Coast Line RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
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3Cited by21 opinions
- James R. Russell, Jr. v. The Monongahela Railway Company, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1958
- Magee v. General Motors Corp.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1954
- King v. Union Pac. R. Co.Utah Supreme Court · 1949
- John E. Smith's Sons Co. v. Lattimer Foundry & Machine Co.District Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · 1956
- University Marketing & Consulting, Inc. v. Hartford Life & Accident InsuranceDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1976
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