Legal Opinion
Audrey S. Hartel v. The Long Island Rail Road Company
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided March 28, 1973No. 104, Docket 72-1452PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MOORE, Circuit Judge:
Some time between 6:30 and 7:00 A. M. on Sunday, February 18, 1968, John Hartel, a ticket agent for the Long Island Rail Road Company (LIRR) arrived at the Mineóla, Long Island, railroad station to open the ticket office. He entered the waiting room to open the steel shutter covering the ticket window. While so doing, one of three men with a gun stepped up behind him and announced a hold-up. When Hartel at*464tempted to flee, he was shot in the back and killed.1
Plaintiff-appellant in this action, Hartel’s widow, sought to recover damages from her husband’s employer in her own…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Inman v. Baltimore & Ohio RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
- Eugene O'COnnOr v. The Pennsylvania Railroad CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1962
- Schilling v. Delaware & HR CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1940
- Plough v. Baltimore & OR Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1947
- Raymond G. Cahill v. The New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1956
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Gary C. Lancaster v. Norfolk and Western Railway CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1985
- Chapman v. Union Pacific RailroadNebraska Supreme Court · 1991
- Thomas W. Eggert v. Norfolk & Western Railway Co. And Erie Lackawanna Railway Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1976
- Burns v. Penn Central Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1975
- Masiello v. Metro-North Commuter RailroadDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1990
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