Legal Opinion
Union Pac. R. v. De Vaney
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided June 9, 1947No. 11426PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
STEPPIENS, Circuit Judge.
Martin DeVaney was awarded the sum of $2,883.66 against the Union Pacific Railroad Company in an action under Federal Employers’ Liability Act, 45 U.S.C.A. § 51 et seq., as compensation for injuries which the court found he had sustained as the proximate result of Union Pacific’s negligence. The company appeals, claiming that the evidence was insufficient to support the findings of fact, that the doctrine *25of res ipsa loquitur is not applicable to the case, that there is no evidence of any negligence on the part of the appellant which proximately contributed to the…
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- McGivern v. Northern Pac. Ry. Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1942
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