Legal Opinion
Fassbinder v. Pennsylvania Railroad
District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania
Decided April 28, 1961No. Civ. A. No. 17300PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BARTELS, District Judge.
Motion by defendant to set aside a jury verdict for plaintiff and entry of judgment n.o.v. or, in the alternative, to grant a new trial.
Plaintiff was a passenger-conductor employed by defendant. On June 24, 1957 plaintiff, in the course of his employment, sought to close a coach door, and after he released the trap door which covered the stairs of the coach, he then proceeded to swing the coach door closed, over the trap door. The door stuck, and in the course of pushing against it, plaintiff fell when the train started, injuring his wrist, head and neck. Plaintiff…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Urie v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Wilkerson v. McCarthySupreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Kernan v. American Dredging Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1958
- Brown v. Western R. Co. of Ala.Supreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Francesco Sano v. Pennsylvania Railroad CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1960
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3Cited by4 opinions
- George W. Fassbinder v. Pennsylvania Railroad Company, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1963
- Miller v. Cincinnati, New Orleans & Texas Pacific Railway Co.District Court, E.D. Tennessee · 1962
- Taylor v. Washington Terminal Co.District Court, District of Columbia · 1970
- George W. Fassbinder v. Pennsylvania Railroad Company, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1963