Legal Opinion
Reading Co. v. Geary
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided January 21, 1931No. 3048PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GLENN, District Judge.
The plaintiff below (appellee here), who was a fireman employed by the defendant company, was severely injured when he was struck by a “low bridge” at a point near Brandon Station in Pennsylvania. The plaintiff brought suit under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act'(45 USCA §§ 51-59). In his complaint his charges of negligence were: (1) That the defendant failed to provide the plaintiff with a reasonably safe place to work; (2) that it required him to run his train under a low bridge with insufficient clearance; (3) that the defendant gave the plaintiff no sufficient…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Choctaw, Oklahoma & Gulf R. R. v. McDadeSupreme Court of the United States · 1903
- Gila Valley, Globe & Northern Railway Co. v. HallSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. ToopsSupreme Court of the United States · 1930
- Butler v. FrazeeSupreme Court of the United States · 1908
- Kanawha & Michigan Railway Co. v. KerseSupreme Court of the United States · 1916
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Robert Manning v. New York Telephone CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1968
- Esposito v. Hospital of St. RaphaelSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1955
- Cawman v. Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore LinesCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1940
- Kulp v. Chicago, St. P., M. & O. Ry. Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1937
- Springer v. Southern Pacific Co.California Court of Appeal · 1956
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