Legal Opinion
Bass v. Baltimore & O. Terminal R. Co.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided June 10, 1944No. 8480PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SPARKS, Circuit Judge..
The plaintiff appeals from an order denying his motion for a new trial in his suit under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act, 45 U.S.C.A. § 51 et seq. The principal question he seeks to present by the appeal is whether the court erred in one of its instructions to the jury relating to the assumption of risk. He asserts that the court erroneously permitted the defense of assumed risk although such defense was abolished by amendment of the Act in 1939, and relies upon the case, Tiller v. Atlantic Coast Line Co., 318 U.S. 54, 63 S.Ct. 444, 87 L.Ed. 610, 143 A.L.R. 967, in…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Tiller v. Atlantic Coast Line RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Fairmount Glass Works v. Cub Fork Coal Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1933
- Pfister v. Northern Illinois Finance Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1942
- Marshall's U. S. Auto Supply, Inc. v. CashmanCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1940
- Maxwell v. Enterprise Wall Paper Mfg. Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1942
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3Cited by26 opinions
- Southern Pac. Co. v. GuthrieCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1951
- Charles Resnik v. La Paz Guest RanchCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1961
- John E. Smith's Sons Company v. Lattimer Foundry & MacHine CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1956
- Ford Motor Co. v. Busam Motor Sales, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1950
- Grantham v. McGraw-Edison Co.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1971
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