Legal Opinion
Weekly v. Baltimore & O. R. Co.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided March 4, 1925No. 4057PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
DENISON; Circuit Judge.
Domer, a brakeman upon the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, was caught between freight ears being coupled and was killed. This action by his administrator, brought under the federal Employers’ Liability. Act (Comp. St. §§ 8657-8665), came, to trial before a jury; and at its conclusion the .court instructed a verdict for defendant. The only question presented to us is whether there was subistantial. evidence that the coupling device did pot reach the standard prescribed by the .Safety Applian.ee Act (Comp. St. § 8605 et seq.). This requires a fuller statement of fact.; The…
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- Payne v. ColvinCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1921
- Davis v. Michigan Central RailroadIllinois Supreme Court · 1920
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