Legal Opinion
Ross v. Erie Railroad
District Court, M.D. Pennsylvania
Decided August 11, 1955No. Civ. A. No. 5193PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WATSON, District Judge.
This action was brought by the plaintiff to recover damages for the death of James Ross sustained as a result of the alleged negligence of the Erie Railroad Company hereinafter called “Erie”. Plaintiff’s decedent, it is alleged, was employed by the Erie as a section hand and on March 1, 1954, at approximately 7:50 o’clock A.M., he was engaged in picking up scrap iron, plates and spikes on the tracks of defendant railroad at a point about one-half mile north of Forest City, Pennsylvania, on the Jefferson Division of said railroad and while so engaged Ross was struck and…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- National Mutual Ins. Co. Of the District of Columbia v. Liberty Mutual Ins. Co.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1952
- Fort v. BashDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1950
3Cited by6 opinions
- National Fire Insurance v. Daniel J. Keating Co.District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 1964
- Railey v. Southern Railway Co.District Court, E.D. South Carolina · 1963
- Marcus v. MarcouxDistrict Court, D. Rhode Island · 1967
- United States v. Munroe Towers, Inc.District Court, D. New Jersey · 1968
- Feinaugle v. Pittsburgh and Lake Erie R. Co.District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 1983
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