Legal Opinion
Jean Alva Fuhrman, of the Estate of Wilbur F. Fuhrman, Deceased v. Reading Company
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided March 11, 1971No. 19034_1PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
WEIS, District Judge.
In 1956 Justice Frankfurter described the Federal Employers’ Liability Act as “an archaic system of compensation for injuries to railroad employees.” 1 This appeal deals with a case brought under the provisions of that act. The slow progress of the litigation through the courts, its unnecessarily lengthy trial and evidentiary errors which require a partial new trial might be considered as arguments in support of the Justice’s criticism of fifteen years ago.
The appellee Fuhrman, an employee of the Reading Railroad, was injured in 1963 as a result of…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Rogers v. Missouri Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Lavender v. KurnSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. v. KellySupreme Court of the United States · 1916
- Ferguson v. Moore-McCormack Lines, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Eichel v. New York Central RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Edward G. Sheehy v. Southern Pacific Transportation Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1980
- Herman v. Hess Oil Virgin Islands CorporationDistrict Court, Virgin Islands · 1974
- Thomas v. Penn Central CompanyDistrict Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 1974
- Mead v. National Railroad Passenger Corp.District Court, D. Maryland · 1987
- Morse v. Southern Pacific Transportation Co.California Court of Appeal · 1976
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