Legal Opinion
Lehigh Valley R. v. Doktor
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided June 28, 1923No. 2987PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WOOLLEY, Circuit Judge.
Doktor, an employé of the defendant railroad company, was run over by a draft of cars while at work in the company’s freight yard in Perth Amboy, New Jersey. He brought this action for damages under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act (35 Stat. 65; 36 Stat. 291 [Comp. St. §§ 8657-8665]) and had a verdict and judgment. The case is here on the defendant’s writ of error.
The formal matter which the defendant assigns as error was the court’s refusal to grant its motion for binding instructions. The motion was based on several grounds covering substantially the whole case.…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Union Pacific Railway Co. v. McDonaldSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
- Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad v. HarringtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1916
- Aerkfetz v. HumphreysSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
- Southern Pacific Co. v. PoolSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
- Lehigh Valley Railroad v. BarlowSupreme Court of the United States · 1917
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3Cited by18 opinions
- O'Donnell v. Baltimore & Ohio RailroadSupreme Court of Missouri · 1930
- Moran v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1932
- Koonse v. Missouri Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of Missouri · 1929
- Pacheco v. New York, N. H. & H. R.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1926
- Kurn v. StanfieldCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1940
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