Legal Opinion
Fort Worth and Denver Railway Company v. Wayne Harris
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 14, 1956No. 15640PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BORAH, Circuit Judge.
Brought under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act, § 1, 45 U.S.C.A. § 51 and upon the ground that the defendant had negligently failed to furnish him with a safe place in which to work, the suit was for damages which plaintiff sustained when he slipped and fell on some large pieces of ballast alongside the train track where during a switching operation he was obliged to walk and was walking while relaying signals to the engineman in the course of his employment as a train conductor.
The case was tried to a jury which returned a verdict in favor of plaintiff for $30,000.…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Mutual Ben. Health & Accident Ass'n v. ThomasCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1941
- Johnston v. ReilyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1947
- Tucker v. Loew's Theatre & Realty CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1945
- Home Ins. Co. v. Tydal Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1945
- Louisiana & Arkansas Ry. Co. v. JohnsonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1954
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3Cited by29 opinions
- Doris R. Edwards, Etc., Cross-Appellant v. Sears, Roebuck and Company, Cross-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
- Pacific National Insurance Company v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1970
- Colonial Refrigerated Transportation, Inc. v. George P. Mitchell, George P. Mitchell v. Colonial Refrigerated Transportation, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968
- Schramm v. OakesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1965
- Revlon, Inc. v. Mrs. R. H. BuchananCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1959
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