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BUTLER v. SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY

No. 28965.

431 F.2d 77 (1970)

Allison BUTLER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied October 26, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. M. Stephenson, New Orleans, La., Joseph E. Defley, Port Sulphur, La., for plaintiff-appellant.

Harry McCall, Jr., Chaffe, McCall, Phillips, Burke, Toler & Sarpy, New Orleans, La., for defendant-appellee.

Before JOHN R. BROWN, Chief Judge, and GEWIN and THORNBERRY, Circuit Judges.

THORNBERRY, Circuit Judge:

This is an appeal from a judgment in a Louisiana diversity action to recover damages for injuries suffered by appellant Butler while unloading plywood from a freight car operated by appellee Southern Pacific Company. The jury in the district court found that Southern Pacific was negligent but was relieved of its negligence because of the intervening negligence of Butler's employer, United States Plywood Corporation. The district court rendered...

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