Legal Opinion
Schaaf v. Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co.
Michigan Court of Appeals
Decided February 19, 1982No. Docket 52284PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Per curiam
Plaintiff appeals as of right an April 11, 1980, jury verdict of no cause of action in this case brought under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act, 45 USC 51, and the Federal Safety Appliance Act, 45 USC 2. We reverse.
Plaintiff was employed as a yard conductor for the defendant railway company. This position required him to couple and uncouple boxcars. On October 25, 1976, plaintiff was instructed to couple an engine and two cabooses with another series of railroad cars.
Railroad cars will not couple unless their draw-bars are properly aligned and at least one knuckle on the end of a drawbar…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Hallada v. Great Northern RailwaySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1955
- Donnelly v. Pennsylvania RailroadAppellate Court of Illinois · 1951
3Cited by6 opinions
- Enrique Maldonado v. Missouri Pacific Railway CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1986
- Walter F. Lisek v. Norfolk and Western Railway CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1994
- Reynolds v. Alton & Southern Railway Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1983
- John Clark v. Kentucky and Indiana Terminal RailroadCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1984
- George Kavorkian, Plaintiff-Appellee/cross-Appellant v. Csx Transportation, Inc., Defendant-Appellant/cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1994
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