Legal Opinion
Bob G. Shupe v. New York Central System
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 2, 1965No. 14660PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HASTINGS, Chief Judge.
Defendant New York Central System is appealing from a jury verdict and judgment for $125,000 in favor of plaintiff Bob G. Shupe resulting from injuries allegedly caused by defendant’s negligence in an action brought under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act, 45 U.S.C.A. § 51.
Plaintiff was employed by defendant as a janitor. His duties were to keep the locker rooms, offices and windows clean and to carry supplies from the first floor to the second floor of defendant’s two-story office building. These supplies came in cardboard boxes weighing from 25 to 100 pounds.
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2Cases cited6 opinions
- Bucher v. KrauseCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1953
- Wetherbee v. Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Ry. Co.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1951
- Goertz v. Chicago & North Western Railway Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1958
- S. S. Kresge Co. v. KenneyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1936
- Charles v. Norfolk & Western Ry. Co.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1951
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Steve Debiasio v. Illinois Central RailroadCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1995
- Paul Leonard Jones, Jr. v. Consolidated Rail Corporation, A.K.A. ConrailCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1986
- Stevens v. Bangor & Aroostook RailroadCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1996
- Louis Casko v. Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway Company, Louis Casko v. Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1966
- George S. Yumich and Philip Steven Shear, by His Father and Next Friend, Dr. Sidney Shear v. John E. CotterCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1971
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