CALLAN v. GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY

No. 17131.

299 F.2d 908 (1961)

E. J. CALLAN, Appellant, v. GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY, a corporation, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit.

July 31, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clifford D. O'Brien, Portland, Or., for appellant.

Clark A. Eckart, R. Paul Tjossem, Woodrow L. Taylor, Thomas J. Wetzel, Seattle, Wash., for appellee.

Before HAMLIN, MERRILL and KOELSCH, Circuit Judges.


HAMLIN, Circuit Judge.

E. J. Callan, appellant herein, was employed as a switch foreman by the Great Northern Railway Company, appellee herein. On May 19, 1956, a train of which he was in charge collided with a string of boxcars, causing extensive damage. An investigation into the cause of the collision was made by the railroad, and as a result thereof Callan and the locomotive engineer were discharged. The balance of the crew was suspended for a period of 30 days...

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