Legal Opinion
Burch v. Reading Company
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided March 16, 1956No. Civ. A. 13654PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
VAN DUSEN, District Judge.
Plaintiff has filed a motion for a new trial after the jury returned a verdict for defendant at the conclusion of a trial lasting three days in this suit brought under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act, 45 U.S.C.A. § 51.
At approximately 7 a. m. on a cold, clear, dry day in late November 1950, the plaintiff [a 55-year.' old widow weighing about 183 lbs. and about 5' 41/2" tall, who had been working for the defendant railroad company as a track laborer 1 since April 20, 1944] started to work on the south side of Scott’s Lane grade crossing of the defendant company.…
2Cases cited82 opinions
- United States v. Socony-Vacuum Oil Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Brady v. Southern Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Sweeney v. ErvingSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
- Bailey v. Central Vermont Railway, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Capital Traction Co. v. HofSupreme Court of the United States · 1899
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3Cited by22 opinions
- Crigler v. SalacSupreme Court of Alabama · 1983
- Lucille H. Burch v. Reading CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1957
- Ridgway National Bank, Guardian of the Estate of Robert Aiello, a Mental Incompetent v. North American Van Lines, Inc., an Indiana CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1964
- Fiorentino v. Travelers InsuranceDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1978
- Bocchicchio v. Curtis Publishing Co.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1962
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