Legal Opinion
Ricketts v. Pennsylvania R. Co.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided January 10, 1946No. 122PublishedCited by 103 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
L. HAND, Circuit Judge.
The defendant appeals from a judgment awarding damages to the plaintiff — a waiter upon one of its dining cars — for injuries suffered while in its service on February 16, 1943. The action was brought under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act, §§ 51-60, Title 45 U.S.C.A.; but the only question raised upon this appeal concerns the validity of two releases, dated August 23, 1943, by which the plaintiff released all claims against the defendant upon the payment of $600. The plaintiff had already executed a release for $150 in the same words on March 19, 1943, and one of…
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