Legal Opinion
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company v. M. E. Collins
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided July 21, 1956No. 7218PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SOPER, Circuit Judge.
This suit under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act, 45 U.S.C.A. § 51 et seq. was brought by M. E. Collins, a switchman in the employ of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company, to recover damages for injuries to his back which he suffered while throwing a switch on the evening of September 27, 1954, in the railroad yard at Florence, South Carolina. He experienced a sharp pain in his back, fell to the ground, and was taken to a hospital where he stayed eleven days and was attended by railroad physicians. Since that time he has been given various treatments, he has worn…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Tennant v. Peoria & Pekin Union Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Brady v. Southern Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Sweeney v. ErvingSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
- Myers v. Reading Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1947
- CHICAGO, M., ST. P. & PRR CO. v. LinehanCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1933
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3Cited by17 opinions
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- Lawrence M. Miller v. Cincinnati, New Orleans and Texas Pacific Railway CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1963
- Ralston Purina Company v. Joe B. HobsonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977
- Major v. CSX TransportationDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 2003
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