Legal Opinion
Francis L. Dobb, Etc. v. George P. Baker
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided November 6, 1974No. 74-1164PublishedCited by 64 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEVIN H. CAMPBELL, Circuit Judge.
Appellant brought an action in the district court for injuries sustained when his arm was run over by a train in the Penn Central Railroad Yard at Framingham, Massachusetts. The defendants are the Trustees in Bankruptcy of the Penn Central Transportation Company (Penn) and the engineer of the train which struck appellant. Jurisdiction is founded upon diversity of citizenship. 28 U.S.C. § 1382. The district court, after considering the depositions of the plaintiff and several employees of Penn including the defendant engineer, granted defendants’ motion for…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Adickes v. S. H. Kress & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Klaxon Co. v. Stentor Electric Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Hormel v. HelveringSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Mounsey v. EllardMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1973
- Lilly v. Grand Trunk Western RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
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3Cited by64 opinions
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- Carl Kale v. Combined Insurance Company of America, Carl Kale v. Combined Insurance Company of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1988
- Andre Grenier v. Cyanamid Plastics, Inc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1995
- John Furtado v. Harold Bishop, John Furtado v. Harold BishopCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1979
- Robert Robinson, Trustee in Bankruptcy of D. C. Sullivan & Co., Inc. v. Watts Detective Agency, Inc., Daniel Sullivan, Billy R. OtteCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1982
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