Legal Opinion
Joseph E. Sleeman v. The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided July 25, 1969No. 18534PublishedCited by 51 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EDWARDS, Circuit Judge.
Appellant, Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Co., appeals from an award of damages entered in favor of an employee, Joseph Sleeman, after a trial under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act, 45 U.S.C. §§ 51-60 (1964), before a District Judge in the Western District of Michigan.
The first and principal contention is that contrary to Sleeman’s argument and the findings of the District Judge, the design and lighting of the parking lot owned by appellant railroad where Sleeman was injured did not play any part at all in his injury.
Sleeman was injured by being struck by a…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Rogers v. Missouri Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. v. KellySupreme Court of the United States · 1916
- John R. McWeeney v. New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1960
- Clifford Gowdy v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1969
- Gowdy v. United StatesDistrict Court, W.D. Michigan · 1967
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3Cited by51 opinions
- Sam H. Johnson v. Penrod Drilling Company, James L. Starnes v. Penrod Drilling CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
- Schnebly Ex Rel. Schnebly v. BakerSupreme Court of Iowa · 1974
- Hoffman v. Sterling Drug, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1973
- United States v. Alice L. EnglishCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1975
- Reid L. Feldman, as Administrator of the Estate of Nancy Feldman, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross-Appellant v. Allegheny Airlines, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1975
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