Legal Opinion
Pitt v. Pennsylvania R. Co.
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided June 26, 1946No. Civil Action 4518PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WYCHE, District Judge.
This is an action by the plaintiff under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act, 45 U.S.C.A. § 51 et seq., to recover damages for the loss of the industrial use of his left eye, sustained, while he was in the defendant’s employ as a stower of freight, when he was struck in the eye by a nail, which he was attempting to drive in the door jamb of a freight car of the defendant with a ball-peen or machinist hammer.
The complaint alleges, among other things, that the defendant failed to provide the plaintiff adequate, proper, efficient and safe tools, equipment and appliances…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Tiller v. Atlantic Coast Line RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Jacob v. New York CitySupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- Griswold v. GardnerCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1946
- Sweeting v. Pennsylvania R.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1944
- Houston & Texas Central Railroad v. PatrickCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1908
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Henderson v. Union Pacific RailroadOregon Supreme Court · 1950
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- Bourguet v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co.New Mexico Supreme Court · 1959
- Denny v. Montour R.District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 1951
- Leyser v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific RailroadLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1954
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