Rhoades v. Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co.
West Virginia Supreme Court
Appeal from Circuit Court, Kanawha County. Action by G. V. Rhoades against the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Company. Judgment for. plaintiff. Defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
Poffenbarger, Judge:
On or about November 7, 1896, G. W. Rhoades, then employed as a section hand by the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company, received an injury, while assisting in replacing on the track a derailed freight car on the Cabin .Creek branch of said railroad, which necessitated the amputation of one of his legs, on the 27th day of December, following. Soon after he was discharged from the hospital, negotiations for a settlement with him were commenced by the claim agent of the railway company, 'which resulted in the preparation by said agent, and signing by Rhoades, of the…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Pierce v. Tennessee Coal, Iron & RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1899
- McCreery's Adm'x v. Ohio River R.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1897
- Price v. Chesapeake & O. R.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1899
- Paul v. MeserveySupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1870
- Pierce v. Tennessee Coal, Iron & RailroadSupreme Court of Alabama · 1895
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