Legal Opinion
Morgan Yawn, Jr. v. Southern Railway Company, Etc.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 16, 1979No. 77 -1036 thru 77-1042PublishedCited by 58 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEWIS R. MORGAN, Circuit Judge:
Appellants, seven clerical employees of the appellee railroad companies, filed companion lawsuits under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act, 45 U.S.C. § 51 et seq., in an Alabama state court seeking to recover damages for personal injuries allegedly resulting from the railroads’ negligence. In identical complaints, the employees claimed that the railroads negligently failed to provide them with adequate help and adequate time with which to do their jobs thereby causing them to suffer physical pain, mental anguish, and gastrointestinal disturbances. The…
2Cases cited28 opinions
- Urie v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Virginian Railway Co. v. System Federation No. 40Supreme Court of the United States · 1937
- Great Northern Railway Co. v. AlexanderSupreme Court of the United States · 1918
- Andrews v. Louisville & Nashville RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Moore v. Illinois Central RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
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3Cited by58 opinions
- Getty Oil Corporation, Succeeded by and a Division of Texaco, Inc. v. Insurance Company of North AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1988
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway v. BuellSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- B., Inc. v. Miller Brewing CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
- Gary C. Lancaster v. Norfolk and Western Railway CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1985
- Coker v. Amoco Oil Co.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1983
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