Legal Opinion
Blair v. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided January 29, 1945No. 265PublishedCited by 106 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Black
A jury in the Common Pleas Court of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, awarded the petitioner a verdict for $12,000 damages for personal injuries in his action against the respondent railroad under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act, 46 U. S. C., § 61 et seq. That Act authorizes an employee to recover for such injuries if they result “in whole or in part from the negligence of any of the officers, agents, or employees of such carrier, or by reason of any defect or insufficiency, due to its negligence, in its . . . appliances ... or other equipment.” The complaint set out in great detail the…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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- Union Pacific Railroad v. HadleySupreme Court of the United States · 1918
- Great Northern Railway Co. v. LeonidasSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Leonidas v. Great Northern Railway Co.Montana Supreme Court · 1937
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3Cited by106 opinions
- Rogers v. Missouri Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
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- Myers v. Reading Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Stone v. New York, Chicago & St. Louis RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Joice v. Missouri-Kansas-Texas RailroadSupreme Court of Missouri · 1945
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