Legal Opinion
Roach v. Los Angeles & S. L. R. Co.
Utah Supreme Court
Decided April 9, 1929No. 4770PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtStraup, J.
The plaintiff brought this action under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act (45 USCA §§ 51-59) to .recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained by him in the employ of the defendant. It is admitted that the defendant was a railroad common carrier engaged in interstate commerce, and that the plaintiff was in its employ as a switchman in the yards of the defendant at Lynndyl, Utah, where the inj'ury occurred in making a flying switch. It is alleged that, in making a flying switch of a car, a water tank car, it was the duty of the plaintiff to disconnect the car from the…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Seaboard Air Line Railway v. HortonSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
- Illinois Central Railroad v. BehrensSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
- Choctaw, Oklahoma & Gulf R. R. v. McDadeSupreme Court of the United States · 1903
- Washington & Georgetown Railroad v. McDadeSupreme Court of the United States · 1890
- Gila Valley, Globe & Northern Railway Co. v. HallSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Baldwin v. MittryIdaho Supreme Court · 1940
- Ward v. Denver & R. G. W. R.Utah Supreme Court · 1939
- Wheelock v. FreiwaldCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1933
- Spartan Leasing, Incorporated v. BrownSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1974
- Harrington v. Industrial CommissionUtah Supreme Court · 1939
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