DEL VECCHIO v. PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD COMPANY

No. 11766.

233 F.2d 2 (1956)

Louis R. DEL VECCHIO, Jr., Appellant, v. The PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD COMPANY.

United States Court of Appeals Third Circuit.

Decided May 15, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry R. Kozart, Philadelphia, Pa. (Harry A. Demar, Philadelphia, Pa., on the brief), for appellant.

Philip Price, Philadelphia, Pa. (Arthur E. Newbold, III, Barnes, Dechert, Price, Myers & Rhoads, Philadelphia, Pa., on the brief), for appellee.

Before BIGGS, Chief Judge, and McLAUGHLIN and STALEY, Circuit Judges.


McLAUGHLIN, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff-appellant was badly hurt as the result of an occupational accident. He sued appellee as his employer under the Federal Employers' Liability Act, 45 U.S.C.A. §§ 51-60. On the primary question of whether he was such employee, the district judge ruled he was not and directed a verdict in favor of defendant. Plaintiff appeals.

Appellant was hired as a brakeman in 1951 by Northern Contracting Company, a Delaware corporation...

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