Legal Opinion
Grand Trunk Ry. Co. v. Wright
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided October 10, 1927No. 4745PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DENISON» Circuit Judge.
Wright, administrator of Ellis, recovered judgment on account of Ellis’ death, found to be the result of the railroad’s negligence. Ellis was a carpenter employed on a- car ferry running from Windsor to Detroit. Negligence, by some one, is very clear. Since the recovery is planted upon the federal Employers’ Liability Act (45 USCA §§' 51-59 [Comp. St. §§ 8657-8665] ), it is immaterial whether the negligence was that of a fellow servant, and we intimate no opinion as to the existence or effect of that relationship. The boat had left Windsor on a trip of some three miles…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Seaboard Air Line Railway v. RennSupreme Court of the United States · 1916
- United States v. RodgersSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
- New York Central Railroad v. ChisholmSupreme Court of the United States · 1925
- Hogarty v. Philadelphia & Reading Railway Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1916
- Alaska & P. S. S. Co. v. C. W. Chamberlain & Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1902
3Cited by6 opinions
- Lauritzen v. LarsenSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Taylor v. Atlantic Maritime Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1950
- Usatorre v. the VictoriaCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1949
- Gerradin v. United Fruit Co.District Court, E.D. New York · 1931
- Kyriakos v. GoulandrisCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1945
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