Legal Opinion
Jose A. Saldania v. The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company, a Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 25, 1957No. 11835PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DUFFY, Chief Judge.
Plaintiff is a track laborer who has been employed by defendant Railway Company since 1949. Claiming to have been injured on April 6, 1953, and again on October 25, 1954, plaintiff brought this action for damages under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act, 45 U.S.C.A. § 51 et seq. Trial was to a jury which returned a verdict favorable to the defendant.
On April 6, 1953, plaintiff was a member of a section gang under the supervision of Louis Schultz, foreman. Plaintiff and another were unloading refuse from a gondola car. Generally, in each rubbish car there were four or five…
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