Legal Opinion

Miller v. Pennsylvania Railroad

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided March 19, 1931No. Appeal, 53PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Per Curiam,

Plaintiff, a passenger on a train of defendant company, sued to recover for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained by him as a result of being thrown or falling from the car while the train was in motion. Plaintiff was traveling from Chicago to Pittsburgh, and according to his statement of claim, “at a point near Garfield, Ohio, while walking from the vestibule of a car of defendant company, for the purpose of entering the next coach, the train swayed suddenly, thereby precipitating plaintiff through the open vestibule door, or hatchway, which had negligently, carelessly…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Fern v. Pennsylvania RailroadSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1915
  2. De Marchi v. Central RailroadSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1919
  3. Brown v. Armstrong & Latta Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1913

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Cornwell v. CornwellCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1941
  2. Pedretti v. Pittsburgh Railways Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1965
  3. Wood v. P.R.R. Co.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1933
  4. Foley Et Vir v. Reading Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1943
  5. Great Northern Ry. Co. v. Shellen-BargerCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1931

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