Legal Opinion
Okvat v. Penn Central Transportation Co.
District Court, W.D. New York
Decided June 30, 1977No. Civ. 75-396PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM and ORDER
ELFVIN, District Judge.
Pursuant to the Federal Employers’ Liability Act, 45 U.S.C. §§ 51 et seq., plaintiff sued his former employer, the Penn Central Transportation Company (“Penn Central”), for injuries sustained during the course of his employment on land owned by the Ash-land Oil and Refining Company, Inc. (“Ash-land”). The injury was sustained while plaintiff was in the process of “throwing” a switch on a side track on Ashland’s property in the process of Penn Central’s moving its cars onto the side track to serve Ash-land’s requirements. The switch malfunctioned and…
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- Francis T. Ratigan v. New York Central Railroad Co. v. Interstate Commodities, Inc., and the Troy Union Railroad Company, Appellee-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1961
- Finnegan v. Monongahela Connecting RailroadSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1954
- Emonz v. New York, New Haven & Hartford RailroadNew York Supreme Court · 1964
- Baker v. Gulf, Mobile & Ohio Rr CoCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1977
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