Legal Opinion
SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY v. Brunswick Pulp & Paper Co.
District Court, S.D. Georgia
Decided May 22, 1974No. Civ. A. 807PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LAWRENCE, Chief Judge.
I
This is an action by Southern Railway Company to recover from Brunswick Pulp & Paper Company all or part of a settlement made by the Railroad with an injured employee. It amounted to $250,000 plus lifetime responsibility for medical and hospital care. 1 The settlement was formalized by a consent judgment entered in 1972 against Southern Railway in an FELA suit brought in the Superior Court of Bibb County, Georgia. The injury occurred in May, 1971.
The present action is brought in three counts, implied indemnity, express indemnity and contribution. Count I proceeded on…
2Cases cited40 opinions
- United States v. SeckingerSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Weyerhaeuser Steamship Co. v. Nacirema Operating Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1958
- Wilkerson v. McCarthySupreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Codling v. PagliaNew York Court of Appeals · 1973
- Southern Railway Co. v. WebbSupreme Court of Georgia · 1902
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Sol Walker & Co. v. Seaboard Coast Line RR Co.District Court of Appeal of Florida · 1978
- Federal Paper Board Co. v. Harbert-Yeargin, Inc.District Court, N.D. Georgia · 1999
- Thyssen Elevator Co. v. Drayton-Bryan Co.District Court, S.D. Georgia · 2000