Dadds v. Pennsylvania Railroad

HERRMANN, Justice:

This is an action by the Pennsylvania Railroad Company against Fay L. Dadds for negligence in operating her automobile onto its tracks in the path of a train, resulting in damage to the train.

The determinative issue is whether the Superior Court was correct in granting summary judgment to the Railroad Company on the ground that Miss Dadds was guilty of negligence as a matter of law. We think not.

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The facts must be viewed at this stage in the light most favorable to Miss Dadds: She lived approximately a quarter of a mile from the place where the railroad crossed Red Mill…