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361 U.S. 29

80 S. Ct. 21

4 L. Ed. 2d 10

Docket No. 328.

Conner v. Butler

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided Oct. 19, 1959.

Supreme Court of the United States · decided 1959-10-19

Key passage — most relied on by later courts

“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.”

quoted by 2 later decisions, including Henderson v. CSX Transp., Inc., 116 So. 2d 454 - Conner v. Butler

Relies on Rogers v. Missouri Pacific Railroad · Ferguson v. St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Co.

Good law ✅— No negative treatment on recordhow we know

Reversed and remanded · 8–1 · Opinion by Per Curiam · Decided 1959-10-19

How this case has been cited

Cited by 51 later decisions (3 by the Supreme Court) — most recently April 1993 · most notably Vickers v. Tumey (1961), Harris v. Pennsylvania Railroad (1959)

22 federal appellate · 23 state decisions

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Mr. William S. Frates, for petitioner.

Mr. George F. Gilleland, for respondents.

PER CURIAM.

¶1

The petition for writ of certiorari is granted. The judgment of the District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District, is reversed and the case is remanded for further proceedings in conformity with this opinion. 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. Rogers v. Missouri Pacific R. Co., 352 U.S. 500, 77 S.Ct. 443, 1 L.Ed.2d 493.

¶2

For the reasons set forth in his opinion in Rogers v. Missouri Pacific R. Co., 352 U.S. 500, 524, 77 S.Ct. 443, 459, 1 L.Ed.2d 493, Mr. Justice FRANKFURTHER is of the view that the writ of certiorari is improvidently granted.

¶3

Reversed and remanded with directions.

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