Legal Opinion
Cox v. Pennsylvania Railroad Company
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided February 10, 1956No. 1731PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOOD, Associate Judge.
In an action for personal injuries appellant obtained a verdict for $7,500 against appellee railroad company. On motion the trial court set aside the verdict and directed entry of judgment in favor of the railroad company. The trial court based its action on the ground that appellant as a matter of law was contributor.ily negligent. This appeal questions the correctness of such action.
Appellant, who was plant superintendent of a scrap iron dealer, testified that some bundles of tin belonging to his employer had fallen over a retaining wall onto the railroad yard; that he…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Baltimore & O. R. Co. v. PostomCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1949
- Shu v. BasingerDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1948
- Binder v. Commercial Travelers Mut. Acc. Ass'n of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1948
- Samuel B. Peters v. Francis R. Smith, Collector of Internal Revenue, United States of America, IntervenorCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1955
- Bailey v. SlentzCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1951
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3Cited by17 opinions
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- Jerrell Powell and Mrs. Sally Bargeron v. Lititz Mutual Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970
- Hines v. Safeway Stores, Inc.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1978
- Bernardi v. RoedelCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1961
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