Legal Opinion
Alexander F. Koshorek v. The Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided July 16, 1963No. 13814_1PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BIGGS, Chief Judge.
This is an appeal by the plaintiff-appellant, Koshorek, from a judgment based on a jury verdict in favor of the Railroad Company1 and the denial of his motion for a new trial.2 The case arises *365under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act, 45 U.S.C.A. § 51 et seq.
Koshorek, 65 years old at the time of the trial, had been employed by the Railroad for a period of 34 years, the last 18 of which were spent as a car repairman in Passenger Shop Number 1 at Altoona, Pennsylvania. Late in 1957 he began to develop symptoms that indicated possible lung disease and in January of 1958 he…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Urie v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Tiller v. Atlantic Coast Line RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Schlemmer v. Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburg Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1907
- Ramsouer v. Midland Valley R. Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1943
- Blair v. Baltimore & Ohio RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
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3Cited by30 opinions
- Hansford P. Miller v. Jackson AviromCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1967
- United States v. Billy G. ByersCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1984
- Thomas Fashauer, Jr. v. New Jersey Transit Rail Operations, IncCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1995
- Anita Pritchard, Administratrix of the Estate of Otto E. Pritchard, Deceased v. Liggett & Myers Tobacco Company, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1965
- Raymond H. Jenkins v. Union Pacific Railroad Company, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1994
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