Legal Opinion
Louis R. Del Vecchio, Jr. v. The Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided May 15, 1956No. 11766_1PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McLAUGHLIN, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff-appellant was badly hurt as the result of an occupational accident. He sued appellee as his employer under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act, 45 U.S.C.A. §§ 51-60. On the primary question of whether he was such employee, the district judge ruled he was not and directed a verdict in favor of defendant. Plaintiff appeals.
Appellant was hired as a brakeman in 1951 by Northern Contracting Company, a Delaware corporation. That company, under a written contract with appellee, handled coal for the latter at its Greenwich Pier, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co. v. BondSupreme Court of the United States · 1916
- Cimorelli v. New York Cent. R. Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1945
- Dougall v. Spokane, P. & S. Ry. Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1953
- Gaulden v. Southern Pac. Co.District Court, N.D. California · 1948
- Pennsylvania R. Co. v. BarlionCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1949
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3Cited by17 opinions
- Elisabeth Byrne, Administratrix of the Estate of Joe G. Irby, Deceased v. Pennsylvania Railroad CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1959
- Percell Tarboro v. Reading Company and E. W. Coslett & Sons, IncCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1968
- James Odell Smith v. Norfolk and Western Railway CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1969
- Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railway Company, a Corporation v. Oscar HearsonCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1970
- Turpin v. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1966
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