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KAUFMAN v. UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY

Civ. No. 72-527.

351 F.Supp. 392 (1972)

Simon KAUFMAN, Plaintiff, v. UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY, a corporation, Southern Pacific Transportation Company, a corporation, Defendants.

United States District Court, C. D. California.

November 30, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mortimer & Gray, Douglas G. Gray, Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiff.

Still, Steiger & Cunningham (by R. Gregory Cunningham), Los Angeles, Cal., for defendant Southern Pacific Transp. Co.

Vorkink, Thomas & Sapp (by Michael Thomas), Los Angeles, Cal., for defendant Union Pacific Railroad Co.

MEMORANDUM OF DECISION AND ORDER

WILLIAM P. GRAY, District Judge.

The plaintiff in this action contends that, while in the course of his employment as a switchman for Union Pacific Railroad Company, he climbed aboard a moving freight car and attempted to stop it by applying the hand brake. The hand brake failed to operate properly, with the result that the car crashed into another freight car, and the impact caused the plaintiff to be thrown to the ground...

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