SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY v. MAHL

No. 25937.

406 F.2d 1201 (1969)

SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY, Appellant, v. Lloyd M. MAHL, Sr., Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

Opinion On Rehearing March 24, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry McCall, Jr., Chaffe McCall, Phillips, Burke, Toler & Sarpy, New Orleans, La., for Southern Pac. Co.

Ivor A. Trapolin, New Orleans, La., for Lloyd M. Mahl, Sr.

Before WISDOM, THORNBERRY and GOLDBERG, Circuit Judges.


Opinion On Rehearing March 24, 1969. See 409 F.2d 229.

THORNBERRY, Circuit Judge:

These appeals arise out of an action instituted by Lloyd Mahl to recover damages for personal injuries sustained while he was attempting to uncouple two railroad cars in the course of his employment for the defendant railroad. The evidence indicates that Mahl, after signalling the engineer for slack, attempted to uncouple the cars by pulling...

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