Legal Opinion

Perry J. Owens v. The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided May 28, 1968No. 25134PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Per curiam

This Federal Employers’ Liability Act suit, 45 U.S.C. § 51, arose out of an accident that occurred while Appellant Owens, an employee of appellee, was working with a rivet gang of carmen in repairing a pulpwood car at one of appel-lee’s railroad yards in Texas. During the work, one of the other employees, John Johnson, missed his footing on a beam and fell on Owens thereby injuring him. Appellant brought this suit alleging that appellee was negligent in failing to provide him with a safe place to work; that appellee was negligent in failing to provide John Johnson with a safe place to stand…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Helene Curtis Industries, Inc. And Cosmair, Inc. v. Edd Pruitt and Marjorie Ann PruittCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968
  2. Laurice v. Cox v. Esso Shipping CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1957
  3. Frank Pruett v. Robert Ellington MarshallCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1960
  4. Rochester Civic Theatre, Inc. v. Maria RamsayCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1966
  5. Edgar W. Stokes v. Continental Assurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1957

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Foster v. Comm'rUnited States Tax Court · 1983
  2. Johnson v. United StatesDistrict Court, N.D. Iowa · 2012
  3. United States v. BakshinianDistrict Court, C.D. California · 1999
  4. Donlin v. Aramark Corp.District Court, D. Utah · 1995
  5. Foster v. Comm'rUnited States Tax Court · 1983

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