Legal Opinion
Louisiana & Arkansas Ry. Co. v. Johnson
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 30, 1954No. 14970PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RIVES, Circuit Judge.
In an action under the Federal Employer’s Liability Act, 1 appellee recovered a judgment on a jury’s verdict in the amount of $28,000 for personal injuries suffered in a collision between two of the appellant’s trains at a point 1.67 miles north of Lettsworth, Louisiana, on August 10, 1951. Appellee was the rear brakeman on a troop train running northward when it collided head on with a streamlined passenger train traveling southward. The trainmaster who was riding on the northbound train and the other four members of the crew of that train and eight other persons were…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Tiller v. Atlantic Coast Line RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Davis v. KennedySupreme Court of the United States · 1924
- Unadilla Valley Railway Co. v. CaldineSupreme Court of the United States · 1928
- Southern Railway Co. v. YoungbloodSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
- Dowell, Inc. v. JowersCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1950
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Colonial Refrigerated Transportation, Inc. v. George P. Mitchell, George P. Mitchell v. Colonial Refrigerated Transportation, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968
- Mrs. Clifford Raymond Schlichter v. Port Arthur Towing CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1961
- United States v. James Leroy CochranCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1973
- Harold Hobart v. Michael P. O'brien, Harold M. Hobart v. John G. DonovanCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1957
- Fort Worth and Denver Railway Company v. Wayne HarrisCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1956
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