Legal Opinion
O'Donnell v. Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided December 12, 1949No. 56PublishedCited by 176 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Jackson
This action was brought under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act, 45 U. S. C. §§ 51-60. The complaint mingled in a single count or cause of action charges of general negligence and a specific charge that defendant “carelessly and negligently” violated the Safety Appliance Act, 45 U. S. C. § 2, by operating a car not equipped with the prescribed coupler. The jury found against plaintiff and judgment for defendant was affirmed by the Court of Appeals. 171 F. 2d 973. This result must stand if the jury was properly instructed, as to which the Court of Appeals divided.
O’Donnell, whose…
2Cases cited34 opinions
- Seaboard Air Line Railway v. HortonSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
- Johnson v. Southern Pacific Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1904
- St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co. v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 1908
- Ellis v. Union Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Martin v. HerzogNew York Court of Appeals · 1920
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