Legal Opinion
James Odell Smith v. Norfolk and Western Railway Company
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided June 23, 1969No. 12477_1PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CRAVEN, Circuit Judge:
James Odell Smith was employed by Baker Drive-Away Company, Inc., which unloaded Chrysler cars for Norfolk and Western Railway Company at a place in North Carolina. While moving around on the top tier of an automobile-carrying railroad car, in the process of releasing the restraining chains on the Chryslers, Smith fell from the railroad car to the ground and was injured. In his damage suit against the railroad brought under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act (45 U.S.C. § 51 et seq.) the district court entered summary judgment for Smith on the question of the…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Sinkler v. Missouri Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
- Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co. v. BondSupreme Court of the United States · 1916
- Cimorelli v. New York Cent. R. Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1945
- Dougall v. Spokane, P. & S. Ry. Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1953
- Percell Tarboro v. Reading Company and E. W. Coslett & Sons, IncCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1968
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Moore v. Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co.District Court, S.D. West Virginia · 1980
- Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railway Company, a Corporation v. Oscar HearsonCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1970
- Thomas v. GrigorescuDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1984
- Eugene C. Kelley v. Southern Pacific Company, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1973
- Dominics v. Illinois Central Railroad Co.District Court, S.D. Mississippi · 1996
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