Travis v. Kansas City Southern Ry. Co.
Citations
- 121 La. 885
- 46 So. 909
- 1908 La. LEXIS 766
Syllabus
<p>1. Master and Servant — Injury to Servant —Evidence—Negligence.</p> <p>Where a switchman was killed at night, as the result of a collision between cars being switched and other cars standing on the same track in the yards of a railroad, held, that the mere fact that the yards were not lighted did not constitute negligence on the part of the railway company, although it was shown that it was the practice of a number of railroads to light their switchyards.</p> <p>(Ed. Note. — For cases in point, see Cent. Dig. voi. 34, Master and Servant, §§ 184, 243-251.]</p> <p>'2. Same — Assumption oe Risk.</p> <p>Held, further that the deceased, an experienced switchman, must have known the situation, and therefore assumed the risk, although he was killed on the first night of his employment.</p> <p>(Ed. Note. — For cases in point, see Cent. Dig. vol. 34, Master and Servant, §§ 574-600.]</p> <p>(Syllabus by the Court.)</p>
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- finding an identical arbitration provision to be substantively unconscionable and a choice of law provision to have a “high degree of substantive unconscionability”
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Judges: Breaux, Land
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