Legal Opinion
Padilla v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co.
New Mexico Supreme Court
Decided March 12, 1956No. 6017PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McGHEE, Justice.
The defendant has appealed from a judgment rendered upon a jury verdict which awarded to plaintiff the sum of $23,750 (the full amount asked) in damages for injuries incurred by him in discharge of his duties as a sheet metal worker in the Albuquerque shops of the defendant. The action was based upon an alleged violation of the Federal Employers’ Liability Act, as amended 45 U.S.C.A. § 51 et seq. Specifically, the plaintiff claimed the defendant failed to furnish him a reasonably safe place to work and as a result a steel block used by him at times to aid in repairing metal…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Tennant v. Peoria & Pekin Union Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Tiller v. Atlantic Coast Line RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Bailey v. Central Vermont Railway, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Wilkerson v. McCarthySupreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Fairmount Glass Works v. Cub Fork Coal Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1933
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Vivian v. Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Co.New Mexico Supreme Court · 1961
- Lujan v. ReedNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1967
- Tufares v. WrightNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1982
- Chavez v. Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Co.New Mexico Supreme Court · 1967
- Rivera v. Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Co.New Mexico Supreme Court · 1956
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