Legal Opinion
Still v. Norfolk & Western Railway Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided November 13, 1961No. 48PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Black
The Federal Employers’ Liability Act1 requires railroads to pay damages for personal injuries negligently inflicted upon their employees. The question this case presents is whether a railroad can escape this statutory liability by proving that an employee so injured had obtained his job by making false representations upon which the railroad rightfully relied in hiring him.
*36Petitioner brought this action in a West Virginia state court seeking damages for personal injuries from the respondent Norfolk & Western Railway Company, for which, as of the date of his alleged injuries, he had worked…
2Cases cited25 opinions
- Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Railway Co. v. RockSupreme Court of the United States · 1929
- St. Louis & San Francisco R. R. v. BrantleySupreme Court of Alabama · 1910
- Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Railroad v. BorumSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
- Lupher v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co.Supreme Court of Kansas · 1910
- Matthews v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co.California Court of Appeal · 1942
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3Cited by42 opinions
- Gypsum Carrier, Inc. v. William D. HandelsmanCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1962
- Brown v. Parker Drilling Offshore Corp.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2005
- Johnson v. Cenac Towing, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2008
- Omar v. Sea-Land Service, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1987
- H. J. Jeffries Truck Line v. GrishamSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1964
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