Legal Opinion
Perry v. Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad
Supreme Court of Missouri
Decided April 21, 1937PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Action under Federal Employers' Liability Act (45 U.S.C.A., sec. 51 et seq.) for personal injury. Plaintiff obtained verdict and judgment for $10,000 and defendant appealed.
After preliminary allegations, plaintiff alleged that on September 1, 1933, while in the scope of his employment inspecting and adjusting couplers between freight cars standing on bridge track 1 (in defendant's Baden yards in north St. Louis) a cut of cars in charge of defendant's agents and employees was kicked and moved by an engine against the cars between which he was working, causing plaintiff to be caught between the…
2Cases cited25 opinions
- Gunning v. CooleySupreme Court of the United States · 1930
- Great Northern Railway Co. v. WilesSupreme Court of the United States · 1916
- Frese v. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1923
- Davis v. KennedySupreme Court of the United States · 1924
- Unadilla Valley Railway Co. v. CaldineSupreme Court of the United States · 1928
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Edward L. Flanigan v. Burlington Northern Inc., a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1980
- Merrick v. Bridgeways, Inc.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1951
- Schonlau v. Terminal Railroad Assn. of St. LouisSupreme Court of Missouri · 1948
- Lansford v. Southwest Lime Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1954
- Peters v. DoddSupreme Court of Missouri · 1959
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