FERGUSON
v.
ST. LOUIS-SAN FRANCISCO RAILWAY CO.

U.S. | 1958-03-17
No. 799
Mr. Justice Whittaker dissents.
356 U.S. 41 Supreme Court of the United States (1958) Negative Treatment
Also reported at: 2 L. Ed. 2d 571 · 78 S. Ct. 671 · 1958 U.S. LEXIS 1353 · SCDB 1957-066
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Holding

The court held that the evidence presented was sufficient to allow a jury to determine if employer negligence contributed to the petitioner's injury.

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The petitioner's injury occurred, and the question arose whether employer negligence played a role in causing it. The case was appealed after a decisi…

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Per_curiam
Per Curiam.

Per Curiam.

The petition for writ of certiorari is granted. We hold that the proofs were sufficient to submit to the jury the question whether employer negligence played a part in producing the petitioner’s injury. Wilkerson v. McCarthy, 336 U. S. 53; Rogers v. Missouri Pacific R. Co., 352 U. S. 500; Webb v. Illinois Central R. Co., 352 U. S. 512; Shaw v. Atlantic Coast Line R. Co., 353 U. S. 920; Futrelle v. Atlantic Coast Line R. Co., 353 U. S. 920; Deen v. Gulf, C. & S. F. R. Co., 353 U. S. 925; Thomson v. Texas & Pacific R. Co., 353 U. S. 926; Arnold v. Panhandle & S. F. R. Co., 353 U. S. 360; Ringhiser v. Chesapeake & O. R. Co., 354 U. S. 901; McBride v. Toledo Terminal R. Co., 354 U. S. 517; Gibson v. Thompson, 355 U. S. 18; Honeycutt v. Wabash R. Co., 355 U. S. 424. The judgment of the Supreme Court of Missouri is reversed and the case is remanded for further proceedings in conformity with this opinion.

Mr. Justice Harlan concurs in the result for the reasons given in his memorandum in Gibson v. Thompson, 355 U. S. 18.

For the reasons set forth in his opinion in Rogers v. Missouri Pacific R. Co., 352 U. S. 500, 524, Mr. Justice Frankfurter is of the view that the writ of certiorari is improvidently granted.

Mr. Justice Whittaker dissents.

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  • Sinkler v. Mo. Pac. R.R. Co., 356 U.S. 326 (U.S. 1958)
    …O. R. Co., 354 U. S. 901; McBride v. Toledo Terminal R. Co., 354 U. S. 517; Gibson v. Thompson, 355 U. S. 18; Stinson v. Atlantic Coast Line R. Co., 355 U. S. 62; Honeycutt v. Wabash R. Co., 355 U. S. 424; Ferguson v. St. Louis-San Francisco R. Co., 356 U. S. 41; Butler v. Whiteman, 356 U. S. 271. Although the Court in footnote 2 of its opinion refers to the jury’s special finding that Belt Railway was under the “control and supervision” of respondent, I do not understand that any reliance is placed upon t…
  • ROE v. Aware Woman Ctr. FOR Choice, Inc., 253 F.3d 678 (11th Cir. 2001)
    …include any allegations at all that would establish motive, is fatal to her claim. Rule 8(a) requires only “a short and plain statement of the claim showing‘that the pleader is entitled to relief.” Fed. R.Civ.P. 8(a)(2); see also Conley v. Gibson, 356 U.S. 41, 47, 78 S.Ct. 99, 103, 2 L.Ed.2d 80 (1957) (“[The Federal Rules of Civil Procedure] ... require [only] a short and plain statement of the claim that will give the defendant fair notice of what the plaintiffs claim is and the grounds upon which it re…
  • Vickers v. Tumey, 290 F.2d 426 (5th Cir. 1961)
    …1 U.S. 29, 80 S.Ct. 21, 4 L.Ed.2d 10; Harris v. Pennsylvania R. Co., 1959, 361 U.S. 15, 80 S.Ct. 22, 4 L.Ed.2d 1; Moore v. Terminal R. Ass’n of St. Louis, 1958, 358 U.S. 31, 79 S.Ct. 2, 3 L.Ed.2d 24; Ferguson v. St. Louis San Francisco R. Co., 1958, 356 U.S. 41, 78 S.Ct. 671, 2 L.Ed.2d 571; Stinson v. Atlantic Coast Line R. Co., 1957, 355 U.S. 62, 78 S.Ct. 136, 2 L.Ed.2d 93; Gibson v. Thompson, 1957, 355 U.S. 18, 78 S.Ct. 2, 2 L.Ed.2d 1; Ringhiser v. Chesapeake & Ohio R. Co., 1957, 354 U.S. 901, 77 S.Ct. 1…

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