Legal Opinion
Richmond, F. & P. R. Co. v. Brooks
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided May 15, 1952No. 11211PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FAHY, Circuit Judge.
A money judgment for personal injuries alleged to have resulted from an abnormally rough stop of a long freight train which threw plaintiff, appellee, across the floor of the caboose, was awarded to plaintiff in the District Court against appellant railroad. The questions on the appeal are whether the court erred (1) in submitting to the jury the issue whether the .engineer was negligent, and, if so, (2) whether his negligence was a proximate cause of the accident, and (3) in instructing the jury as to the meaning of the ¡Safety Appliance Act.
The train was en route from…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- United States v. American Trucking AssociationsSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Sorrells v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
- Palmer v. HoffmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Milwaukee & Saint Paul Railway Co. v. KelloggSupreme Court of the United States · 1877
- Brady v. Southern Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Kathleen Troupe v. Chicago, Duluth & Georgian Bay Transit CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1956
- Helen Hanna, Cicero Hanna v. Annie C. Fletcher, Trustee of Estate of Florence Johnson, Benjamin F. Fletcher, and Fred S. Gichner Iron Works, Inc.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1956
- Leroy Payton v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1955
- Jeannette Lenkin v. District of Columbia, Morris Pollin v. District of ColumbiaCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1972
- John M. Cleary v. O. Roy ChalkCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1973
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