Legal Opinion
McGowan v. Denver & R. G. W. R. Co.
Utah Supreme Court
Decided May 14, 1952No. 7683PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WADE, Justice.
The defendant, Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad Company appeals from a judgment on a jury’s verdict awarding plaintiff, Will J. McGowan, respondent herein, damages for the loss of part of his big toe in a car coupling accident. The action was based on a violation of the Federal Safety Appliance Act and the Federal Employers’ Liability Act, making railroads liable to their employees for damages sustained from injuries proximately caused in whole or in part by a violation of the Safety Appliance Act and providing that no such employee “shall foe held to have been guilty of…
2Cases cited29 opinions
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- Grand Trunk Western Railway Co. v. LindsaySupreme Court of the United States · 1914
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- Carter v. Atlanta & St. Andrews Bay Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1950
- Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co. v. BrownSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
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3Cited by10 opinions
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- Walter F. Lisek v. Norfolk and Western Railway CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1994
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