Legal Opinion
Siciliano v. Denver and Rio Grande Western R. Co.
Utah Supreme Court
Decided August 24, 1961No. 9378PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HENRIOD, Justice.
Appeal from a verdict in favor of plaintiff for an on the job eye injury in a Federal Employers’ Liability Act1 case. Reversed. Costs to defendant.
The injury occurred in September, 1952,. at a time when plaintiff was about 53 years-of age and had been working as a machinist for defendant for 30 years. Trial of the case came 8 years later in 1960.
On the day of the injury plaintiff was-working on a steam engine, with another employee, Wells, not his boss. Wells asked plaintiff to get a piece of wire hanging on a peg nearby. Plaintiff, only witness to-what ensued, testified that…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Tiller v. Atlantic Coast Line RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Ellis v. Union Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Texas and Pacific Railway Company v. Walter N. Buckles, Jr., and Silas R. StanleyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1956
- Ellis v. Union Pacific RailroadNebraska Supreme Court · 1947
- Moore v. Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad Co.Utah Supreme Court · 1956
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Plourd v. Southern Pacific Transportation Co.Oregon Supreme Court · 1973
- Salotti v. Seaboard Coast Line Railroad Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1974
- Collins v. National Railroad Passenger Corp.Court of Appeals of Maryland · 2010
- Norfolk & Western Railway Co. v. SonneySupreme Court of Virginia · 1988
- Kelley v. Great Northern Railway Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1962
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