Legal Opinion
Pearl Thomas, Administratrix of the Estate of Lewis Samuel Thomas, Deceased v. Conemaugh & Black Lick Railroad Company
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided June 11, 1956No. 11740PublishedCited by 60 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KALODNER, Circuit Judge.
The defendant railroad having suffered judgment against it below on a jury’s verdict, and its motions for judgment or a new trial having been denied, has brought this appeal, raising mainly the issue as to whether there was any evidence in the record upon which the jury could have found negligence on its part which contributed to the death of its employee.
Lewis Samuel Thomas, an employee of the Conemaugh & Black Lick Railroad Company, was killed on-July 9,1954. His widow, as administratrix, sued the railroad company under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act 1 for the…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Lavender v. KurnSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Tennant v. Peoria & Pekin Union Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Schulz v. Pennsylvania RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1956
- Moran v. Pittsburgh-Des Moines Steel Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1950
- Trowbridge v. Abrasive Co. Of PhiladelphiaCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1951
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3Cited by60 opinions
- Dit La Porte v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1962
- James R. Russell, Jr. v. The Monongahela Railway Company, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1958
- Genevieve Derewecki, Administratrix of the Estate of Joseph W. Derewecki, Deceased v. The Pennsylvania Railroad Company, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1965
- Mascuilli v. United StatesDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1972
- Panichella v. Pennsylvania Railroad CompanyDistrict Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 1958
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