BROOKS v. SOUTHWESTERN TRANSPORTATION COMPANY

Nos. 73-1771 and 73-1772.

494 F.2d 1271 (1974)

Mrs. Madge BROOKS, Plaintiff-Appellant and Cross-Appellee, v. SOUTHWESTERN TRANSPORTATION COMPANY and St. Louis Southwestern Railway Company, Defendants-Appellees and Cross-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided April 9, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. J. Michael Cody, Memphis, Tenn., for plaintiff-appellant; John S. Porter, Burch, Porter & Johnson, Memphis, Tenn., on brief.

Robert M. Johnson, Memphis, Tenn., for defendants-appellees; Canada, Russell & Turner, Memphis, Tenn., on brief.

Before PHILLIPS, Chief Judge, and WEICK and MILLER, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

In the District Court plaintiff, Mrs. Madge Brooks, individually and as Administrator of the estate of her deceased husband, James H. Brooks, sued St. Louis Southwestern Railway Company (Railroad) and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Southwestern Transportation Company (Trucking Company), asserting a claim for damages under the Federal Employer's Liability Act (45 U.S.C. § 51) for personal injuries to and the death of her husband, occasioned when a tractor...

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