Legal Opinion
Francisco Mendoza, Sr. v. Southern Pacific Transportation Co., a Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided May 14, 1984No. 82-5807PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CHOY, Circuit Judge:
Southern Pacific Transportation Company (“Southern Pacific”) employed Francisco Mendoza, Sr., the appellant, as a foreman. On September 28, 1978, Southern Pacific assigned Mendoza to its Burbank section yard in Los Angeles County. While preparing his gang to leave the yard, Mendoza tripped and fell over a hose that was lying on the ground as it was pulled by a co-employee. The co-employee was part of another gang that was filling a water tank on the bed of its truck from a faucet on the side of an office building.
Mendoza filed suit in federal court under the Federal…
2Cases cited10 opinions
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- Wilkerson v. McCarthySupreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Lorenzo R. Ybarra v. Burlington Northern, Inc., a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1982
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