Legal Opinion

Felts v. Seaboard Coast Line Railroad

District Court, E.D. Virginia

Decided September 3, 1971No. Civ. A. No. 384-69-RPublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM OPINION

KELLAM, District Judge.

Ryland S. Felts instituted this action against Seaboard Coast Line Railroad Company (Seaboard) to recover damages for injuries alleged to have been sustained. He asserts that, while an employee of The Pullman Company (Pull-man Company) he was performing services for Seaboard and was also an employee of Seaboard. He grounds his recovery under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act (FELA). After filing the original complaint, he amended it to include Pullman Company as a defendant. Pullman Company’s motion to dismiss it as a defendant was subsequently…

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