Legal Opinion
Chesapeake & Ohio Ry. Co. v. Thomas
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided September 3, 1952No. 6435_1PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DOBIE, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, pursuant to a jury verdict, awarding damages to the plaintiff in the amount of $25,000.00. The action was brought under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act, 45 U.S.C.A. §§ 51-60, on behalf of the surviving widow and one adult son, to recover damages for the death of the plaintiff’s decedent, arising out of a contact between the decedent and an iron standpipe located adjacent to the defendant’s railroad siding, while the decedent was acting in the course of his…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Lavender v. KurnSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- 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
- 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
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3Cited by21 opinions
- Darrell E. Brown v. Csx Transportation, Incorporated, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1994
- Emmett E. Page v. St. Louis Southwestern Railway CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1965
- Ralph E. Cazad v. Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company, a Corporation v. Union Oil Company of California, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1980
- Atlantic Coast Line R. Co. v. RobertsonCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1954
- Burch v. Reading CompanyDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1956
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