Legal Opinion
Jesse Q. Casso v. Pennsylvania Railroad Company, a Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided February 9, 1955No. 11428PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GOODRICH, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from a judgment for the plaintiff in a Federal Employers’ Liability Act 1 case. Plaintiff was injured when he was run over by a train operated by the defendant on its property. He was a track employee returning at night to the bunk car which was supplied by the railroad for living quarters for its track workers. The verdict was for $72,000, and the judgment, upon plaintiff filing a remittitur for part of the amount, was entered in the district court for $53,000.
The employing railroad, appellant here, does not raise in this Court the question of…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Menarde v. Philadelphia Transportation Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1954
- Mostyn v. Delaware, L. & WR Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1947
- Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Railway Co. v. RockSupreme Court of the United States · 1929
- Lukon v. Pennsylvania R. Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1942
- Narciso v. Mauch Chunk TownshipSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1952
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Orie W. Davis v. Burlington Northern, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1976
- Still v. Norfolk & Western Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Cross v. Houston Belt & Terminal Railway CompanyCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1961
- John R. Carney v. Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad Company, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1963
- George A. Straub v. Reading CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1955
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