Legal Opinion

Haselden v. Atlantic Coast Line R. Co.

Supreme Court of South Carolina

Decided April 1, 1949No. 16203PublishedCited by 31 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Taylor, Justice.

The respondent, a section master of the appellant, brought this action in the Court of Common Pleas for Darlington County under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act, 45 U. S. C. A. § 51, to recover damages for injuries sustained by him while he and his section crew were loading rails on a gondola car at Society Hill, S. C. The appellant by way of answer after admitting certain formal allegations of the complaint in substance entered a general denial and set up byway of an affirmative defense, contributory negligence and. assumption of risk.

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2Cases cited37 opinions

  1. Lavender v. KurnSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
  2. Tiller v. Atlantic Coast Line RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
  3. Patton v. Texas & Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1901
  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 by31 opinions

  1. Campus Sweater & Sportswear Co. v. M. B. Kahn Construction Co.District Court, D. South Carolina · 1979
  2. Matthews v. PorterSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1962
  3. Gasque v. Heublein, Inc.Court of Appeals of South Carolina · 1984
  4. Doremus Ex Rel. Rentz v. Atlantic Coast Line RailroadSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1963
  5. Jennings v. McCowanSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1949

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