Legal Opinion
Morris v. Pennsylvania R. Co
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided March 14, 1951No. 21885_1PublishedCited by 48 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CLARK, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff Etta Morris is the widow of Stephney Morris, an employee of defendant Pennsylvania Railroad Company who on April 7, 1948, was struck and killed on his way to work in the defendant’s freight transfer yard in western Philadelphia. In this action brought to the District Court below she has recovered a verdict and judgment of $34,560 under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act, 45 U.S.*839C.A. § 51 et seq., and the railroad has appealed. The principal issues turn upon the questions whether Morris was in the course of his employment at the time of the accident causing his…
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3Cited by48 opinions
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- Salvatore J. Sylvestri v. The Warner & Swasey Co., Inc., Salvatore J. Sylvestri v. Comad, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1968
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