Legal Opinion
Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company v. Leonard Disspain
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided February 25, 1960No. 13913_1PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Per curiam
The action in the District Court was one for damages for personal injuries. It was brought under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act, 45 U.S.C.A. § 51 et seq. and resulted in a verdict and judgment in favor of the plaintiff for $17,-500.
In this appeal, the railroad claims that the District Court should have ren dered judgment in its favor because (1) the action below was not commenced within three years from the date of the injury as required by the Act (45 U.S. C.A. § 56) and (2) the claim was settled by the payment of $1,200 and the execution of a release by appellee.
The accident happened…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Glus v. Brooklyn Eastern District TerminalSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
- Dice v. Akron, Canton & Youngstown RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
- Thompson v. CampCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1947
3Cited by21 opinions
- Donald D. Fletcher v. Union Pacific Railroad Company, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1980
- Drake v. B.F. Goodrich Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1986
- Brooks v. Southern Pacific CompanyArizona Supreme Court · 1970
- Bevacqua v. Union Pacific RailroadMontana Supreme Court · 1998
- Joseph J. Crews v. The Arundel CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1967
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