Legal Opinion
Jacobson v. Chicago & North Western Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided April 5, 1946No. 34,145PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Peterson, Justice.
Plaintiff sues under the federal employers liability act, 45 USCA, § 51, et seq., to recover for personal injuries alleged to have been caused by the negligence of defendant. There was a verdict for plaintiff. Defendant appeals.
Plaintiff was employed by defendant as a brakeman. At the time of the injury he was engaged in an interstate commerce switching operation in defendant’s yards in Chicago. Together with other members of a switching crew (an engineer, a fireman, and another brakeman), plaintiff was engaged in moving four cars from a. track extending north and south to a…
2Cases cited30 opinions
- Tennant v. Peoria & Pekin Union Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Tiller v. Atlantic Coast Line RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Bailey v. Central Vermont Railway, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Blair v. Baltimore & Ohio RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
- Crawford v. Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1945
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Mattfeld v. NesterSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1948
- Barnes v. Northwest Airlines, Inc.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1951
- Netzer v. Northern Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1953
- Brabeck v. Chicago & North Western Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1962
- Ottley v. St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1950
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