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FUHRMAN v. READING COMPANY

No. 19034.

439 F.2d 10 (1971)

Jean Alva FUHRMAN, Executrix of the Estate of Wilbur F. Fuhrman, Deceased v. READING COMPANY, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided March 11, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Taylor, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, Philadelphia, Pa. (George E. Lieberman, Denis V. Brenan, Philadelphia, Pa., on the brief), for appellant.

Joseph P. Braig, Philadelphia, Pa., Kania & Garbarino, Rosemont, Pa. (Francis Ross Crumlish, Philadelphia, Pa., on the brief), for appellee.

Before GANEY and ADAMS, Circuit Judges, and WEIS, District Judge.

OPINION OF THE COURT

WEIS, District Judge.

In 1956 Justice Frankfurter described the Federal Employers' Liability Act as "an archaic system of compensation for injuries to railroad employees."1 This appeal deals with a case brought under the provisions of that act. The slow progress of the litigation through the courts, its unnecessarily lengthy trial and evidentiary errors which require a partial new trial might be considered...

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