ZOLLINGER v. PITTSBURGH AND LAKE ERIE RAILROAD COMPANY

Civ. A. No. 71-131.

337 F.Supp. 913 (1972)

Edwin D. ZOLLINGER, Plaintiff, v. The PITTSBURGH AND LAKE ERIE RAILROAD COMPANY, a corporation, Defendant.

United States District Court, W. D. Pennsylvania.

March 1, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas Park Shearer, Pittsburgh, Pa., C. Richard Grieser, Columbus, Ohio, for plaintiff.

G. Edward Yurcon, Pittsburgh, Pa., for defendant.


MEMORANDUM ORDER

WEBER, District Judge.

The parties to this FELA action are in dispute as to whether a device known as a "push-pole" comes within the ambit of "appurtenances" as intended by the Boiler Inspection Act, 45 U.S.C.A. § 22 et seq. The plaintiff was injured when the push-pole snapped during a "poling" operation. A motion for a ruling on this question as the law of the case was made at the Pretrial Conference. The facts are not in dispute....

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