Legal Opinion
Meyer v. Union Railroad
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Decided October 25, 2004PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION BY BOWES, J.:
¶ 1 Union Railroad Company (“Union”) appeals from the judgment entered on the jury verdict awarding James Meyer $600,000 for damages associated with injuries suffered in the course of his employment with Union. We reverse and remand.
¶2 The trial court stated the facts as follows:
On [May 27, 2000] the date when Mr. Meyer suffered his injury, he was working as a brakeman, working a shift that started at midnight and ended at ten o’clock the following morning. In pulling the cutting lever on the caboose, plaintiff pulled on the lever two times, averring that the cutting…
2Cases cited28 opinions
- Rogers v. Missouri Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Gary C. Lancaster v. Norfolk and Western Railway CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1985
- St. Louis Southwestern Railway Co. v. DickersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Norfolk & Western Railway Co. v. AyersSupreme Court of the United States · 2003
- Commonwealth v. LairdSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1999
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