Legal Opinion
Potthast v. Metro-North Railroad
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided March 7, 2005No. Docket No. 03-9008PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
CALABRESI, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff Edward Potthast (“Potthast” or “plaintiff’) appeals from a judgment in the United States District Court for the Southern District, George A. Yanthis, Magistrate Judge, entered after a jury verdict for the defendant Metro-North Railroad Company (“Metro-North” or “defendant”) on Potthast’s Federal Employers’ Liability Act claim under 45 U.S.C. § 51 et seq. (“FELA”). On appeal, Potthast argues that the district court should have granted his request for a res ipsa loquitur jury charge. Although we believe Potthast presented, as a matter of substantive law,…
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Potthast v. Metro-North Railroad Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2005