Legal Opinion
Emig v. ERIE LACKAWANNA RAILWAY COMPANY
District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania
Decided November 22, 1972No. Civ. A. 103-71 ERIEPublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
WEBER, District Judge.
This is an action brought under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act and was tried to the court without a jury. At the time of the accident the plaintiff was engaged in employment for his employer, an interstate carrier by railroad, engaged in interstate commerce and the court has jurisdiction under that Act.
Plaintiff was employed by defendant railroad as a car man for many- years prior to June 24, 1969. On that date at about 2:30 p. m. he was engaged in inspecting cars in defendant’s Meadville yards on a newly-arrived westbound train. It was plaintiff’s duty to…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Illinois Central Railroad v. SkaggsSupreme Court of the United States · 1916
- Wetherbee v. Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Ry. Co.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1951
- Ferriel M. Barnett v. Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1956
- Wadiak v. Illinois Cent. R. CoCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1953
- Wetherbee v. Elgin, J. & E. Ry. Co.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1953
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Gerald F. Kendrick, Sr. v. Illinois Central Gulf Railroad CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982
- Meuller v. Jeffrey Manufacturing Co.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1980
- Manson v. Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation AuthorityCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2001
- Seymour v. Illinois Central RailroadDistrict Court, S.D. Mississippi · 1997
- Lively v. CSX Transportation, Inc.District Court of Appeal of Florida · 1990
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