Legal Opinion
Collett v. Louisville & N. R. Co.
District Court, E.D. Illinois
Decided June 7, 1948No. Civ. A. No. 1532PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WHAM, District Judge.
The plaintiff has filed suit for damages under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act, 45 U.S.C.A. § 51. He'alleges in his complaint that while employed by defendant in interstate commerce and while in exercise of ordinary care and caution for his own safety he was injured as the proximate result of the negligenc'e of the defendant set forth in the complaint; that as a result of his injuries so received both of his legs had to be amputated within an inch or two below the hip joint; that by reason of financial losses caused and to be caused by his permanently crippled…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Garrett v. Moore-McCormack Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1942
- Garrett v. Moore-Mccormack Co., Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Grimes v. SandersSupreme Court of the United States · 1876
- Callen v. Pennsylvania RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Ricketts v. Pennsylvania R. Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1946
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Dice v. Akron, Canton & Youngstown R. Co.Ohio Supreme Court · 1951
- Allison v. Chicago Great Western Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1954
- Overstreet v. ATLANTIC COAST LINE RAILROAD COMPANYDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1963
- Scott v. New York Cent. R. Co.District Court, N.D. Illinois · 1948
- Dice v. Akron, Canton & Youngstown R. Co.Ohio Supreme Court · 1951
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