Legal Opinion
Perrone v. Pennsylvania R.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided July 8, 1943No. 311PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
AUGUSTUS N. HAND, Circuit Judge.
The plaintiff was a plumber, employed by a subcontractor in installing waste pipes in defendant’s railroad station. He received injuries on February 20, 1942, caused by coming in contact with a trolley wire charged with eleven thousand volts of electricity and located over track number 18 at the Pennsylvania Railroad Station, New York City. It appeared that he received an electric shock from contact with the wire while he was standing with one foot on a step-ladder and with the other foot on the roof of one of the cars of a Long Island train which had just…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Ashby v. Philadelphia Electric Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1937
- Elias v. . Lehigh Valley R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1919
- Conowingo Power Co. v. State of MarylandCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1941
- Taddeo v. TiltonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1936
- O'Reilly v. Brooklyn Heights RailroadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1903
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Wojcik v. Aluminum Co. of AmericaNew York Supreme Court · 1959
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- Dundom v. New York Cent. R.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1944
- Universe Tankships, Inc. v. Pyrate Tank Cleaners, Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 1957
- Cole v. American Bridge Co.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1945
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