Legal Opinion
Osment v. Pitcairn
Supreme Court of Missouri
Decided December 16, 1941PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The receivers of the Wabash Railroad appeal from an entered judgment of $35,000.00 in favor of Eugene W. Osment for personal[667] injuries. The action is under the Federal Employers' Liability Act, as amended August 11, 1939. [45 U.S.C.A., Sec. 51; 53 Stat. 1404.]
The plaintiff's petition alleges that while he was a member of an interstate switching crew he was standing in the freight house when a messenger boy, John Stalac, walked up behind him and seized him around his neck and shoulder in such a manner that he could not get loose and squeezed him so tight he lost consciousness and fell,…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Erie Railroad v. TompkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Jamison v. EncarnacionSupreme Court of the United States · 1930
- Missouri Pacific Railroad v. AebySupreme Court of the United States · 1928
- St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Co. v. MillsSupreme Court of the United States · 1926
- Davis v. GreenSupreme Court of the United States · 1922
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Tatham v. Wabash RailroadIllinois Supreme Court · 1952
- George Copeland v. St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Company, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1961
- Lavender v. Illinois Central RailroadSupreme Court of Missouri · 1949
- Najera v. Southern Pacific Co.California Court of Appeal · 1961
- Berga v. Archway Kitchen & Bath, Inc.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1996
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