Legal Opinion
Turner v. Robbins
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided January 29, 1923No. Appeal, No. 21PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Schaffer,
Defendants are contractors who were employed by the Pennsylvania Railroad Company to construct a concrete repair pit about ninety feet long and six feet deep in its West Philadelphia engine storage yard; plaintiff is a locomotive engineer employed by the railroad company. Appellee recovered a verdict and judgment against appellants awarding damages to him for personal injuries. The circumstances giving rise to the suit are not substantially disputed; the legal conclusions growing out of them are.
Shortly after midnight, plaintiff left the roundhouse of the…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Simonton v. MortonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1923
- Kelley v. Delaware, Lackawanna & Western RailroadSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1921
- Smith v. State Workmen's Insurance FundSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1918
- Crane Elevator Co. v. LippertCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1894
- Colleoni v. Delaware & Hudson Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1922
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Smith v. FennerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1960
- Pennsylvania Threshermen & Farmers Mutual Casualty Insurance v. HillCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1966
- Union of Russian Societies of St. Michael & St. George, Inc. v. KossSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1944
- Koller v. Pennsylvania R. R. Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1944
- Bitting v. WolfeSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1951
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