Legal Opinion
Griffin v. Missouri Pacific Railroad
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 27, 1969No. 26579PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
SCOTT, District Judge:
This is an appeal by The Kansas City Southern Railway Company, defendant-appellant, from a judgment awarding Alfred Griffin, a laborer employed by The Port of Lake Charles, Louisiana, $26,117.18 in damages for personal injuries suffered when a 30-foot iron rail was shaken loose from the bulkhead sidewall of a railroad “hopper car”. Jurisdiction was based on diversity of citizenship, 28 U.S.C. § 1332. We affirm.
Hopper Car No. 5816, built in 1941 and rebuilt in 1962, was owned by the appellant The Kansas City Southern Railway Company. The bulkheads along either side of…
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Alfred Griffin v. Missouri Pacific Railroad CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969