Legal Opinion
George W. Snyder v. Lehigh Valley Railroad Company
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided June 5, 1957No. 12050_1PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KALODNER, Circuit Judge.
Was reversible error committed by the trial judge when, without notice to counsel or their knowledge, in response to an inquiry from the jury while they were considering their verdict in the jury room, he sent the jury supplementary oral instructions?
That is the primary question presented on this appeal from the judgment of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania in an action under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act.1
The facts may be summarized as follows:
On September 1, 1953, while working with a crew of men for the defendant…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Parker v. BrownSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Rogers v. Missouri Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Urie v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Lavender v. KurnSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Tennant v. Peoria & Pekin Union Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
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3Cited by29 opinions
- Government of the Virgin Islands v. Beaumont Gereau, in Nos. 74-2019, 74-2020, 74-2021, 74-2022,74-2023Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1975
- Goldstein v. GontarzMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1974
- Lawrence Rice and Walter Chipman v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1966
- Lund v. San Joaquin Valley RailroadCalifornia Supreme Court · 2003
- Charles N. Reed v. Philadelphia, Bethlehem & New England Railroad CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1991
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