Legal Opinion
Trudell v. New York Rapid Transit Corp.
New York Court of Appeals
Decided July 11, 1939PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtRippey, J.
This action was brought to recover damages from defendant for its alleged negligence which caused the death of plaintiff’s intestate, a boy fourteen years of age. It is asserted that he was a passenger on one of defendant’s cars' and was precipitated from the platform of the car through a sudden, violent and extraordinary jerk or lurch of the train of which the car was a part. At the close of all the evidence, the trial judge directed a verdict for defendant. Judgment, entered upon the directed verdict, was affirmed by the Appellate Division by a divided court. It was error to direct a…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- McDonald v. Metropolitan Street Railway Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1901
- McRickard v. . FlintNew York Court of Appeals · 1889
- Thurber v. . Harlem B., M. F.R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1875
- Camardo v. New York State RailwaysNew York Court of Appeals · 1928
- Carlock v. Westchester Lighting Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1935
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3Cited by30 opinions
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- Black v. County of DutchessAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2011
- Rayford v. County of WestchesterAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2009
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