Legal Opinion
Francesco Sano v. Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided August 9, 1960No. 13103_1PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FORMAN, Circuit Judge.
This case arises under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act. 1 The sole question for decision is whether the district court committed error in granting a motion in favor of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, the defendant-appellee, for an involuntary dismissal on the ground that Francesco Sano, the plaintiff-appellant, failed to prove a case for jury consideration.
Sano was employed by the Railroad as a stores laborer in a warehouse located in its yards at Pitcairn, Pennsylvania. On the morning of February 20, 1956, at about 9 a.m., he was engaged in shoveling soap powder…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Rogers v. Missouri Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Tiller v. Atlantic Coast Line RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Brady v. Southern Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Bailey v. Central Vermont Railway, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Webb v. Illinois Central RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
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3Cited by39 opinions
- Willard Green v. River Terminal Railway Co., Third Party Jerald E. Dawson, Third PartyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1985
- John P. O'Brien v. Westinghouse Electric CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1961
- Odessa Woods v. The National Life and Accident Insurance Company, a Tennessee CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1965
- Nadine Payne, Administratrix of the Estate of Ralph T. Payne, Deceased v. The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1962
- Boase v. Lee Rubber & Tire Corp.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1970
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