Legal Opinion
Christine H. Patterson v. Norfolk and Western Railway Company, a Foreign Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided December 28, 1973No. 73-1076PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILLIAM E. MILLER, Circuit Judge.
This appeal involves the liability of a railroad under the Federal Employers Liability Act, 45 U.S.C. Sec. 51 et seq., resulting from a contagious disease contracted by a clerical employee from a fellow employee. Plaintiff-appellee, Christine Patterson, was employed in January, 1966, by defendant-appellant, Norfolk and Western Railway Company, as a stenographer-clerk and was assigned to its offices in Detroit, Michigan. She worked at a desk directly behind a fellow clerical employee until he was hospitalized in January, 1968 with advanced pulmonary…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Rogers v. Missouri Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Urie v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Gallick v. Baltimore & Ohio RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Tiller v. Atlantic Coast Line RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- United States v. United Shoe MacHinery CorporationDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 1950
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3Cited by33 opinions
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- In Re BriggsUnited States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Michigan · 1992
- Alan R. Folkestad, and Cross-Appellee v. Burlington Northern, Inc., a Delaware Corporation, and Cross-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1987
- Lewis v. Capital Mortgage InvestmentsDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1977
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