Legal Opinion
Barbour v. Baltimore & Ohio Rd.
Ohio Court of Appeals
Decided June 12, 1957No. 4694PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDoyle, J.
This action was commenced in the Court of Common Pleas of Summit County by Reginald G. Barbour, a brakeman in the employ of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company, against the said Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company.
The petition alleged, in substance, that, while he was engaged in the performance of his duties with his employer, and engaged in interstate commerce within the meaning of the Federal Employers’ Liability Act, he stepped from a platform into a moving boxcar, while assisting in the “spotting” of cars on the premises of The National Company, and was caused to trip and fall by nails…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Lavender v. KurnSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Laplante v. Warren Cotton MillsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1896
- Bevan v. New York, Chicago & St. Louis Rd.Ohio Supreme Court · 1937
3Cited by3 opinions
- Lester Gene Brown v. Cedar Rapids and Iowa City Railway Company, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1981
- Heldman v. Uniroyal, Inc.Ohio Court of Appeals · 1977
- Byrd v. Baltimore & Ohio Rd.Ohio Court of Appeals · 1966