Norfolk & W. R. v. Hazelrigg
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Kentucky. At Law. Action by John T, Hazelrigg against the Norfolk & Western Railroad Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
KNAPPEN, Circuit Judge.
This is the second appearance of this cause in this court. The defendant in error (plaintiff below) brought suit for the loss of an arm, occasioned by its being caught between the bumpers of two coal cars, through the alleged negligence of plaintiff in error in using, upon a car employed in interstate traffic, a coupling device which would not operate without the necessity of going between the cars for the purpose of coupling and uncoupling; the plaintiff being at the time of his injury a brakeman doing switching work in defendant’s yard, in connection with the weighing…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Gilbert v. Burlington, C. R. & N. Ry. Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1904
- Morris v. Duluth, S. S. & A. Ry. Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1901
- St. Louis & S. F. R. Co. v. DelkCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1908
- United States v. Illinois Cent. R.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1909
- Blumenthal v. CraigCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1897
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