Legal Opinion
Benazet v. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided July 2, 1970No. 66 Civ. 1404PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
COOPER, District Judge.
Plaintiff Benazet brought suit against defendant Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company (Atlantic) for damages suffered as a result of his fall from a railroad boxcar owned by Atlantic claiming Atlantic negligently released the car into commerce in a defective condition and failed to inspect, repair and warn of the defective condition. This action was removed to this Court from the Supreme Court, New York County, by Atlantic, federal jurisdiction resting upon diversity of citizenship. Thereafter, Atlantic impleaded plaintiff’s employer Erie Lackawanna Railroad…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Ryan Stevedoring Co. v. Pan-Atlantic Steamship Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1956
- Pope & Talbot, Inc. v. HawnSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Kermarec v. Compagnie Generale TransatlantiqueSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
- Atlantic & Gulf Stevedores, Inc. v. Ellerman Lines, Ltd.Supreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Halcyon Lines v. Haenn Ship Ceiling & Refitting Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1952
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Co. v. Erie Lackawanna Railroad Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Theodore Benazet v. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company, and Third-Party v. Erie Lackawanna Railroad Company, Third-PartyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1971
- Burgess v. M/V TamanoDistrict Court, D. Maine · 1974
- Troy M. Sessions v. Fritz Kopke, Inc., Defendants-Third Party and Cross v. Cooper Stevedoring Company, Inc., Third Party and CrossCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1973
- Bilkay Holding Corp. v. Consolidated Iron & Metal Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 1971