Legal Opinion
Chesapeake & O. Ry. Co. v. Chaffin
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided November 8, 1950No. 6142_1PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SOPER, Circuit Judge.
Fred ChafKn, a citizen of New York, •sued the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company, a Virginia corporation, in the District Court for damages for the loss of a leg six inches below the knee which he suffered on November 12, 1947 when he was run over by a work-train, in Boone County, West Virginia. The Railway Company defended on the ground (1) that the accident was caused solely by the neglect of Chaffin , in walking between the rails of the railroad track at night, and (2) that he had released the Railway Company from liability for the accident by executing a release and…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Mast v. Illinois Cent. R. Co.District Court, N.D. Iowa · 1948
- Carroll v. FettyWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1939
- Irish v. Central Vermont Ry., Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1947
- Flowers v. Virginian Railway Co.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1923
- McCary v. Monongahela Valley Traction Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1924
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Seaboard Ice Co. v. LeeSupreme Court of Virginia · 1957
- Molever v. LevensonCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1976
- Hicks v. SorokaSuperior Court of Delaware · 1963
- Peters v. CookWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1969
- Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 95,538 Irving M. Molever v. Robert Levenson, and the Bank of Wheeling, a West Virginia Corporation, Irving M. Molever v. Robert LevensonCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1976
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