Legal Opinion
John O. Fritts v. Toledo Terminal Railroad Company
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided July 27, 1961No. 14247PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOYD, District Judge.
This case presents the question of the sufficiency of the evidence under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act and the Federal Boiler Inspection Act (Title 45 U.S.C.A. § 51 et seq., and Title 45 U.S. C.A. § 23). The trial court’s judgment sustaining the defendant-appellee’s* motion for a directed verdict at the conclusion of the proof is here challenged.
The plaintiff, employed as a locomotive fireman by the defendant, claims personal injury growing out of a freak accident which occurred during a switching operation in defendant’s yards at Toledo, Ohio. While his train was…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Rogers v. Missouri Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Lavender v. KurnSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Tiller v. Atlantic Coast Line RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Lilly v. Grand Trunk Western RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Myers v. Reading Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1947
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Robert C. Aparicio v. Norfolk & Western Railway CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1996
- Willard Green v. River Terminal Railway Co., Third Party Jerald E. Dawson, Third PartyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1985
- Frank Lauria, in Appeal No. 97-1306 v. National Railroad Passenger Corporation, in Appeal Nos. 97-1361/62/63Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1998
- Kozar v. Chesapeake and Ohio Railway CompanyDistrict Court, W.D. Michigan · 1970
- Honas H. Richards v. Consolidated Rail CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2003
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