Hoffman v. Lehigh Valley Railroad
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, Lehigh Valley Railroad Company, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiffs, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Tompkins on the 4th day of October, 1917, upon the verdict of a jury for $4,000, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 26th day of September, 1917, denying defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Cochrane, J.:
The plaintiffs’ decedent while walking on the edge of the wooden platform of the defendant’s station at Trumansburg was struck by the pilot beam of a locomotive of an incoming train and received injuries which resulted in his death. He had purchased a ticket for the purpose of becoming a passenger on that train. The platform extended a little more than eight feet from the station toward the track, except in front of a bay window of the station where it was narrower. The edge of the platform was parallel with the track and twenty-three inches distant from the inner side of the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Archer v. New York, New Haven & Hartford RailroadNew York Court of Appeals · 1887
- Dobiecki v. . SharpNew York Court of Appeals · 1882
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