Legal Opinion
Slechta v. Great Northern Railway Company
District Court, N.D. Iowa
Decided January 10, 1961No. Civ. 1148PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MICKELSON, District Judge.
The plaintiff, Marvin Slechta, was employed by Bartlett & Company, Grain, hereinafter referred to as Bartlett, at its Sioux City, Iowa, grain elevators. Slechta suffered personal injuries during the course of his employment when he was thrown from a moving boxcar onto the ground. At the time of the accident, which occurred on December 2, 1957, Bartlett was engaged in moving an empty boxcar on the spur track which was used by Bartlett as a part of its grain elevator operation. Bartlett normally moved empty boxcars in the following manner: the empty cars were moved…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Ryan Stevedoring Co. v. Pan-Atlantic Steamship Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1956
- Waterman Steamship Corp. v. Dugan & McNamara, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Westchester Lighting Co. v. Westchester County Small Estates Corp.New York Court of Appeals · 1938
- Hendrickson v. Minnesota Power & Light Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1960
- Slattery v. Marra Bros., Inc. Marra Bros., Inc. v. Wm. Spencer & Son CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1951
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Iowa Power and Light Co. v. Abild Construction Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1966
- White v. McKenzie Electric Cooperative, Inc.District Court, D. North Dakota · 1964
- Great Northern Railway Company v. Bartlett & Company, GrainCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1962
- Youell v. MaddoxDistrict Court, D. Delaware · 1988
- Crocker-Citizens National Bank v. United StatesDistrict Court, E.D. California · 1970
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