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CALLEN v. PENNSYLVANIA R. CO.

No. 331.

332 U.S. 625 (1948)

CALLEN v. PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD CO.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 12, 1948.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

B. Nathaniel Richter, by special leave of Court, pro hac vice, argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the brief was John H. Hoffman, Edward J. Griffiths was also of counsel.

Philip Price argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief was Hugh B. Cox.

MR. JUSTICE JACKSON delivered the opinion of the Court.

Plaintiff, a railroad brakeman, brought this action under the Federal Employers' Liability Act, 35 Stat. 65; 53 Stat. 1404; 45 U.S.C. § 51. He recovered a jury verdict of $24,990, but the Circuit Court of Appeals reversed because of errors in the charge by the District Judge and ordered a new trial. The plaintiff's claim as submitted to the jury was negligence on the part of an engineer in effecting a coupling...

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