Legal Opinion
La France v. New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
District Court, D. Connecticut
Decided January 30, 1961No. Civ. No. 8386PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TIMBERS, District Judge.
Defendant moves, pursuant to Rule 59 (a), Fed.R.Civ.P., 28 U.S.C.A., for a new trial.
The action was brought pursuant to the Federal Employers’ Liability Act, 45 U.S.C.A. §§ 51-60, to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by plain-1 tiff while employed as a brakeman by defendant on July 6, 1959 in defendant’s East Classification Yard at North Haven, Connecticut. At the time of the accident plaintiff was engaged in attempting to throw a switch which, after having been partly thrown by plaintiff, suddenly sprang back to its original position, resulting in the…
2Cases cited74 opinions
- Dimick v. SchiedtSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
- Barry v. EdmundsSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Neese v. Southern Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1955
- Kathleen Troupe v. Chicago, Duluth & Georgian Bay Transit CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1956
- Union Pacific Railroad v. HadleySupreme Court of the United States · 1918
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Floyd Gene Bridger v. Union Railway CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1966
- Theodore Benazet v. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company, and Third-Party v. Erie Lackawanna Railroad Company, Third-PartyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1971
- Garzilli v. Howard Johnson's Motor Lodges, Inc.District Court, E.D. New York · 1976
- MacHleder v. DiazDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1985
- Devlin v. Safeway Stores, Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 1964
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