Legal Opinion
Loose v. Consolidated Rail Corp.
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided February 4, 1982No. Civ. A. No. 81-1432PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
HUYETT, District Judge.
This case involves the validity of a general release executed between plaintiff and defendant Consolidated Rail Corporation (ConRail) for injuries sustained by plaintiff while in the scope of his employment. Before me is defendant’s motion for summary judgment.
Plaintiff Michael D. Loose, a wheel inspector foreman at the Reading Wheel Shop, was working in the wheel shop supervising the assembling and mounting of freight wheel sets on April 18, 1978, when a machine known as an upender malfunctioned, causing a 750 pound wheel to fall to the ground.…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Adickes v. S. H. Kress & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Dice v. Akron, Canton & Youngstown RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
- Callen v. Pennsylvania RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Robin Construction Company, a Corporation of New Jersey, Richard D. Masia and Judith Masia v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1965
- Maynard v. Durham & Southern Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1961
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Killian v. McCullochDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1995
- Coleson v. Inspector General of the Department of DefenseDistrict Court, E.D. Virginia · 1989
- Manis v. CSX Transportation, Inc.District Court, N.D. Ohio · 1992
- Cole v. Norfolk Southern Ry. Co.Roanoke County Circuit Court · 2016
- Loose v. Consolidated Rail CorpCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1982
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