Legal Opinion
Lawrence Wayne Tyree v. The New York Central Railroad Company
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided December 18, 1967No. 17200_1PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McALLISTER, Senior Circuit Judge.
Lawrence Wayne Tyree, appellant, an employee of The New York Central Railroad Company, filed his complaint against the company, embodying two causes of action, based on the Federal Employers’ Liability Act, Title 45 U.S.C.A. § 1 et seq.
He founded his first cause of action on Section 2 of the Act, which imposes an absolute duty on a railroad carrier to use in its operation only such railroad cars as are equipped with an automatic coupler, which is manipulated, for certain purposes, by raising a cutting lever. Appellant Tyree claimed that he had been injured on…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Rogers v. Missouri Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- The Patapsco Insurance Company v. SouthgateSupreme Court of the United States · 1831
- Tiernan v. JacksonSupreme Court of the United States · 1831
- Dr. Alexander v. Spaeth v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1956
- Guy E. Morrison v. The New York Central Railroad CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1966
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3Cited by34 opinions
- Thor C. LAUGESEN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. the ANACONDA COMPANY, Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1975
- Thomas P. BLACKWELL, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. SUN ELECTRIC CORPORATION, Defendant-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1983
- Summers v. Missouri Pacific Railroad SystemCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1997
- United States v. Donald L. Martin and Judy S. WeemsCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1984
- William Toth v. Grand Trunk Railroad, D/B/A Cn North AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2002
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