Legal Opinion
Lewis v. National Railroad Passenger Corp.
Civil Court of the City of New York
Decided May 13, 1998PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*948OPINION OF THE COURT
Gustin L. Reichbach, J.
Plaintiff, Ian E. Lewis, initiated this action against his employer, defendant National Railroad Passenger Corp. (Amtrak), pursuant to 45 USC §§ 51-60, the Federal Employers’ Liability Act (FELA). Beginning at 4:30 a.m. on April 10, 1990, Amtrak police at Penn Station began receiving information from the New York City Police Department that a brother of an Amtrak employee had just murdered a man in Brooklyn and had announced that he was now going to kill his brother. Over the next 2V2 hours additional information was received. Plaintiff, while…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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- Norfolk & Western Railway Co. v. LiepeltSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Monessen Southwestern Railway Co. v. MorganSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
- Sinkler v. Missouri Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
- Brown v. Western R. Co. of Ala.Supreme Court of the United States · 1949
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3Cited by2 opinions
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- Norfolk & Western Railway Co. v. AyersSupreme Court of the United States · 2003