Legal Opinion
Louis E. Zimmerman v. Montour Railroad Company, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided December 4, 1961No. 13595PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STALEY, Circuit Judge.
In an action tried to the court, defendant railroad company was found liable to one of its employees whose right hand was severed while he was attempting to manually couple two railroad cars which were the fifth and sixth cars in a string of fifteen. Liability was based on Section 2 of the Safety Appliance Act, 45 U.S.C.A. § 2, which makes it unlawful for a railroad engaged in interstate commerce to use cars not equipped with couplers that couple automatically upon impact.
On appeal, defendant contends that there is no evidence in the record to support a finding that the…
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