Legal Opinion
James R. Russell, Jr. v. The Monongahela Railway Company, a Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided December 30, 1958No. 12600PublishedCited by 54 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STALEY, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from a judgment for the plaintiff 1 in a Federal Employer’s Liability Act 2 ease. Plaintiff was injured by a train operated by defendant at the Arkwright Mine located near Maidsville, West Virginia. He was working as a brakeman on a yard crew performing a blind switching operation, 3 that being the practice generally followed by crews servicing this mine. Plaintiff, after endeavoring to throw a certain switch which did not function properly, attempted to apply the emergency airbrakes. A violent jerk occurred as he was swinging around the corner of the…
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