Legal Opinion
Moleton v. Union Pacific RR Co.
Utah Supreme Court
Decided June 29, 1950No. 7379PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PRATT, Chief Justice.
This is an appeal from a judgment dismissing plaintiff’s action on motion for non-suit against defendants for $100,-000 damages for injuries received by plaintiff while working in the yards of the defendant railroad company at Laramie, Wyoming, on the 22nd day of November, 1945.
The foundation of the causes of action alleged is that plaintiff was an iceman employed to, among other things, descend into bunkers on refrigerator cars to regulate burning heaters which generate carbon-monoxide gas. Plaintiff was 53 years of age at the time. He climbed upon the cars by means of a…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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- Wells Fargo & Co. v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 1920
- Robinson v. Baltimore & Ohio RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1915
- Driscoll v. TowleMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1902
- Ellis v. Interstate Commerce CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1915
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3Cited by11 opinions
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- Aguirre v. Southern Pacific Co.California Court of Appeal · 1965
- Hetman v. Fruit Growers Express Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1965
- Roby v. Boston & Maine RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1958
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