Legal Opinion
Seaboard Coastline Railroad v. Delahunt
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided June 23, 1986No. 72083PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Deen, Presiding Judge.
Larry Delahunt brought an action against Seaboard Coastline Railroad Company under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act, 45 USCA § 51 et seq., for injuries sustained while he was employed as a switch engine foreman at Seaboard’s Savannah yard. He claimed that the railroad was negligent in failing to provide him with a safe place to work and in failing to warn him of a hazardous condition that existed in the railroad yard.
The evidence showed that Delahunt was in charge of a work crew whose task was to remove sixteen “bad order” (defective) boxcars from track no. 6 in the…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Jesionowski v. Boston & Maine RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Crane v. Cedar Rapids & Iowa City Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Texas and Pacific Railway Company v. Walter N. Buckles, Jr., and Silas R. StanleyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1956
- Everett v. CleggSupreme Court of Georgia · 1957
- Atlantic Coast Line Railroad v. SmithCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1963
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Alan R. Folkestad, and Cross-Appellee v. Burlington Northern, Inc., a Delaware Corporation, and Cross-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1987
- CSX Transportation, Inc. v. DarlingCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1988
- Goss v. Total Chipping, Inc.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1996
- Lois Elaine Wilson v. Bicycle South, Inc., a Georgia CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1990
- Stiltjes v. Ridco Exterminating Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1989
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