Legal Opinion
Patton v. Baltimore & O. R. Co. (Duquesne Slag Products Co., Third Party Defendant) (Two Cases)
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided June 23, 1952No. 10571, 10579PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BIGGS, Chief Judge.
The plaintiff, as administratrix of the estate of her husband, John B. Patton, and as trustee ad litem for her own benefit and for the benefit of the five minor Patton children, brought suit against the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company seeking compensation for the death of her husband as a result of negligence on the part of the defendant with respect to the maintenance of brakes on its railroad cars.
Suit was first instituted in the Court of 'Common Pleas, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, but on March 8, 1950 was removed to the District Court for the Western District of…
2Cases cited29 opinions
- Myers v. Reading Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Brady v. Terminal Railroad Assn.Supreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Fitzgerald v. Edison Electric Illuminating Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1901
- Fairport, Painesville & Eastern Railroad v. MeredithSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
- Sheppard v. Atlantic States Gas Co. of Pennsylvania, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1948
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3Cited by45 opinions
- United States ex rel. Gittlemacker v. County of PhiladelphiaCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1969
- Christobal Rosario v. American Export-Isbrandtsen Lines, Inc. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1976
- Kenrose Mfg. Co., Inc., a New York Corporation v. Fred Whitaker Company, Inc. v. Kilodyne, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1972
- Curtis Fawvor v. Texaco, Inc., Defendant-Third-Party v. Foster Wheeler Corporation, Third-Party B & B Insulation, Inc., Defendant-Third-PartyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1977
- Falls Industries, Inc. v. Consolidated Chemical Industries, Inc., and D. C. Hall Transport, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1958
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