Legal Opinion
Hawkins v. Missouri Pac. R. Co
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided March 16, 1951No. 14043_1PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHNSEN, Circuit Judge.
In an action under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act, 45 U.S.C.A. § 51 et seq., there was a verdict for the employer, on which the court entered judgment, and the employee has appealed.
Appellant claimed that a switch engine, on which he was working as a brakeman in appellee’s yards at Spadra, Arkansas, bad been started forward without a signal, while he was crossing the track in front of it, and that as a result he had received certain injuries. Appellee’s contention was that the engine had been moved only on a signal from appellant himself, given after he had…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- United States Smelting Co. v. ParryCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1909
- Navajo Freight Lines, Inc. v. MahaffyCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1949
- Cropper v. Titanium Pigment Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1931
- Gantz v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1942
- Petrilli v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1942
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3Cited by40 opinions
- Solomon Dehydrating Company, Incorporated v. Clarence R. Guyton, Central Greyhound Lines, Incorporated, and the Greyhound CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1961
- United States v. GarciaCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1986
- Herman v. Hess Oil Virgin Island Corp.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1975
- Clyde Snyder v. Ira M. Coiner, Warden, West Virginia State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1975
- Beaty Shopping Center, Inc. v. The Monarch Insurance Company of Ohio, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1963
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