LA FRANCE v. NEW YORK, NEW HAVEN AND HARTFORD R. CO.

No. 411, Docket 26884.

292 F.2d 649 (1961)

Peter Norman LA FRANCE, Appellee, v. NEW YORK, NEW HAVEN AND HARTFORD RAILROAD COMPANY, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals Second Circuit.

Decided July 17, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert C. Zampano, East Haven, Conn. (William A. Blank, Brooklyn, N. Y. and Joseph J. Mager, East Haven, Conn., on the brief), for appellee.

Thomas J. O'Sullivan, New Haven, Conn., for appellant.

Before LUMBARD, Chief Judge, and GOODRICH and FRIENDLY, Circuit Judges.


GOODRICH, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment for the plaintiff in an action brought under the Federal Employers' Liability Act, 45 U.S.C.A. § 51 et seq. Plaintiff was employed as a brakeman by the defendant and met with an accident while attempting to throw a switch in the defendant's yard at North Haven, Connecticut, on July 6, 1959. He claimed negligence on the part of the defendant in the condition of the switch and that permanent injuries have...

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