Legal Opinion
Thomas W. Eggert v. Norfolk & Western Railway Co. And Erie Lackawanna Railway Co.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided June 25, 1976No. 870, Docket 75-7675PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HAYS, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiff-appellant Thomas W. Eggert appeals from an entry of judgment on a decision in the United States District Court for the Western District of New York on October 30,1975 which granted the defendants’ motion for a directed verdict and ordered the dismissal of Eggert’s complaint based upon the Federal Employers’ Liability Act, 45 U.S.C. § 51, et seq. We reverse.
The appellant, an engineer for the defendant Erie Lackawanna Railroad Company with approximately seventeen years seniority brought this FELA action to recover for an injury allegedly sustained by him on June…
2Cases cited17 opinions
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- Gallick v. Baltimore & Ohio RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Atlantic & Gulf Stevedores, Inc. v. Ellerman Lines, Ltd.Supreme Court of the United States · 1962
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3Cited by25 opinions
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- Helena Johannessen, as Administratrix of the Estate of Ole R. Johannessen, Deceased v. Gulf Trading & Transportation Company and Blackships, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1980
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