Case Name: The New York, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad Company v. Christian Biermacher
Court: Supreme Court of Ohio
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 1924-04-15
Citations: 2 Ohio Law Abs. 275
Docket Number: No. 18127
Parties: The New York, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad Company v. Christian Biermacher.
Judges: - Marshall, C. J., Jones, Matthias and Day, JJ., concur. Wanamaker, J., not participating.
Reporter: The Ohio Law Abstract
Volume: 2
Pages: 275–275

Head Matter:
No. 18127
The New York, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad Company v. Christian Biermacher.
Error to the Court of Appeals of Cuyahoga county.
327. COURTS — State courts governed by U. S. Supreme decisions, under Federal Employers’ Liability Act — Res ipsa loquitur does not apply in cases under such act — Assumption of (risk cases.
480. EVIDENCE — In depositions — Part of .not‘offered not separated, court may refuse to send to jury.

Opinion:
ROBINSON, J.
1. When an action is brought in a state court, under the Federal Eemployers' Liability Act, the state court is governed not only by the interpretation given the act by the Supreme Court of the United States, but also by that court's interpretation of the application of common-law principles thereto.
2. The Supreme Court of the United States has decided that the doctrine res ipsa loquitur does not apply in the trial of cases between servant and master, arising under the Federal Employers' Liability Act.
3. The Supreme Court of the United States has decided that an employe under the Federal Employers' Liability Act "assumes" . . . risks due to negligence of employer and fellow employes when obvious or fully known and appreciated by him."
4. Where a deposition contained evidence which was not offered'or admitted in the trial of the case, and which was not separated from the evidence therein which was offered and admitted, it was not error for the court in the exercise of its discretion to refuse to send it to the jury for use in its deliberations. (Stites v. Admr. of McKibben, 2 Ohio St., 588, approved and followed.)
Judgment reversed.
- Marshall, C. J., Jones, Matthias and Day, JJ., concur. Wanamaker, J., not participating.