Legal Opinion
August John Hausrath v. The New York Central Railroad Company
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided September 10, 1968No. 18156_1PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EDWARDS, Circuit Judge.
Appellant appeals from an adverse jury verdict in his suit against his employer, The New York Central Railroad Company, under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act (FELA).1 Appellant’s claim was that he suffered a heart attack on November 7, 1963, while working on the air compressor inside a diesel locomotive compartment because of the negligence of appellee in failing to provide a reasonably safe place to work. The negligence alleged was that the diesel engine had not been shut down and allowed to cool before appellant was assigned to work on it.
Appellant’s principal…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Rogers v. Missouri Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Gallick v. Baltimore & Ohio RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Humphries v. District of ColumbiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1899
- Barringer v. ArnoldMichigan Supreme Court · 1960
- Lawrence Wayne Tyree v. The New York Central Railroad CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1967
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3Cited by23 opinions
- Summers v. Missouri Pacific Railroad SystemCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1997
- Robert C. Aparicio v. Norfolk & Western Railway CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1996
- Willard Green v. River Terminal Railway Co., Third Party Jerald E. Dawson, Third PartyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1985
- Chester Oglesby v. Southern Pacific Transportation CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1993
- Carl Mayhew, Jr. Diana Lee Mayhew v. Bell Steamship CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1990
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