Legal Opinion
Atlantic Coast Line R. Co. v. Dixon
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 19, 1951No. 13469_1PublishedCited by 56 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STRUM, Circuit Judge.
This appeal is from a judgment recovered by plaintiff below, suing under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act, 45 U.S.C.A. § 51 et seq., for personal injuries resulting from an electric shock received by plaintiff when he mistakenly plugged the connection of a portable electric light cable into the outlet of a power circuit carrying a 440 volt current, instead of, as he had intended, into a lighting circuit carrying only 110 volts, the outlet of which was located some 26 feet away.
Plaintiff asserts that the defendant railroad company failed to exercise due care to furnish…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Seaboard Air Line Railway v. HortonSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
- Tiller v. Atlantic Coast Line RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Hough v. Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1880
- Ellis v. Union Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Washington & Georgetown Railroad v. McDadeSupreme Court of the United States · 1890
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3Cited by56 opinions
- James E. Vickers, D/B/A Delta Towing Company v. Floyd W. TumeyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1961
- New York, New Haven & Hartford R. Co. v. LearyCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1953
- George W. Gowins v. The Pennsylvania Railroad CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1962
- Isgett v. Seaboard Coast Line Railroad CompanyDistrict Court, D. South Carolina · 1971
- Kaminski v. Chicago River & Indiana R. Co.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1953
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