· 2/25/1957
Webb v. Illinois Central Railroad
Citations
- 352 U.S. 512
- 77 S. Ct. 451
- 1 L. Ed. 2d 503
- 1957 U.S. LEXIS 1257
How courts have described this case
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- evidence indicating that clinker over which railroad employee tripped had been in roadbed for three weeks supported inference that railroad’s inspection of roadbed was inadequate
- Railroad found liable where an employee slipped on a cinder embedded in a roadbed.
- Railroad found liable where an employee slipped on a cinder embedded in a roadbed.
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Judges: Brennan, Burton, Frankfurter, Harlan, Reed
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