Legal Opinion
Palmer v. Hoffman
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided March 1, 1943No. 300PublishedCited by 1,157 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Douglas
This case arose out of a grade crossing accident which occurred in Massachusetts. Diversity of citizenship brought it to the federal District Court in New York. There were several causes of action. The first two were on behalf of respondent individually, one being brought under a Massachusetts statute (Mass. Gen. L. (1932) c. 160, §§ 138, 232), the other at common law. The third and fourth were brought by respondent as administrator of the estate of his wife and alleged the same common law and statutory negligence as the first two counts. On the question of negligence the trial court…
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