Legal Opinion
Floyd Sowards, Jr. v. Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company, a Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided August 3, 1978No. 77-2055PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Per curiam
Floyd Sowards, Jr. brought this action for damages against the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act (“FELA”), 45 U.S.C. §§ 51, et seq., for serious head injuries sustained as a result of an allegedly intentional shooting in the physicians’ living quarters at a hospital operated by the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Employees’ Hospital Association in Huntington, West Virginia. At the time of the shooting, plaintiff was employed by the hospital as a therapist and was sleeping in a physician’s room with the physician’s permission during a break in his…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Kelley v. Southern Pacific Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Davis v. GreenSupreme Court of the United States · 1922
- Harrison v. Missouri Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Reed v. Pennsylvania RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1956
- John Slaughter v. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad CompanyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1962
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3Cited by25 opinions
- Gary C. Lancaster v. Norfolk and Western Railway CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1985
- Willard Green v. River Terminal Railway Co., Third Party Jerald E. Dawson, Third PartyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1985
- Winston B. Lewy v. Southern Pacific Transportation CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1986
- Darrell E. Brown v. Csx Transportation, Incorporated, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1994
- Paul Leonard Jones, Jr. v. Consolidated Rail Corporation, A.K.A. ConrailCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1986
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