Legal Opinion
Petty v. New York Central Railroad
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided July 17, 1970No. 66 Civ. 786PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
CROAKE, District Judge.
On November 25, 1964, Arlander Petty, the plaintiff herein, was injured while working as an employee of defendant New York Central Railroad (hereinafter the Railroad) as a fork lift machine operator when the boom of such a machine which he was operating collapsed upon him.1 Plaintiff thereafter brought this action for damages under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act, 45 U.S.C. § 51 et seq., against the Railroad.2 A jury trial was held before the undersigned and the issue of liability was tried first. At the end of plaintiff’s case on the trial of the…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Burke v. City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1956
- Witz v. Cadillac Hotel, Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1966
- Witz v. Cadillac Hotel, Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 1967
3Cited by5 opinions
- Roy v. Star Chopper Co., Inc.District Court, D. Rhode Island · 1977
- Whelan v. Penn Central Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1974
- Adeyinka v. Yankee Fiber Control, Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 2008
- Arlander Petty, Penn Central Company, and Clark Equipment CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1971
- Eugene J. Whelan v. Penn Central Company, Now Known as Penn Central Transportation Co., and Third-Party Plaintiff-Appellee-Appellant v. The United States of America, Third-Party Defendant-Appellant-Appellee and Fourth-Party v. The Federal Storage Warehouse, Fourth-PartyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1974