Legal Opinion
Andrew Sinovich v. Erie Railroad Company
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided March 5, 1956No. 11732PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McLAUGHLIN, Circuit Judge.
In this Federal Employers’ Liability Act, 45 U.S.C.A. § 51 et seq., suit, appellant, plaintiff in the district court, was awarded a $4,000 jury verdict on June 23, 1955. He appeals from the judgment entered.
The involved accident occurred March 26, 1952, about 5:45 P.M. in Jersey City, New Jersey, on a covered pier owned by the appellee railroad. At that time appellant was about sixty-one years old. He was a freight handler for the Erie and had been employed by it approximately forty-one years. While he was leaning against an iron supporting column waiting for some…
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- Joseph W. Burkey v. Montour Railroad Company, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1955
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