Legal Opinion
Casseday v. B. O. R. R. Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided October 2, 1941PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Plaintiff, Acanthus B. Casseday, instituted this action in trespass against his employer, Baltimore Ohio Railroad Company, under the Federal Employers' Liability Act (Act of April 22, 1908, c. 149, 35 Stat. 65), and also against M. J. Hannon and R. A. Hannon, under the common law, to recover compensation for personal injuries sustained as a result of a collision between a truck, owned by the Hannons, and a freight train, owned and operated by defendant railroad. The jury returned a verdict for plaintiff and against all defendants. Upon plaintiff's acceptance of a reduction in the verdict,…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Seaboard Air Line Railway v. HortonSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
- New Orleans & Northeastern Railroad v. HarrisSupreme Court of the United States · 1918
- Boldt v. Pennsylvania RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1918
- Jacobs v. Southern Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1916
- Martin v. Pittsburg Railways Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1909
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Loftin v. WilsonSupreme Court of Florida · 1953
- Newman v. FreemanDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1966
- Way v. Waterloo, Cedar Falls & Northern RailroadSupreme Court of Iowa · 1947
- Guerierro v. Reading CompanySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1942
- Benscoter v. B. G. Coon Construction Co., Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Luzerne County1956
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