Legal Opinion

Serratoni v. Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co.

Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Decided June 23, 1964No. Nos. 15450, 15451PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

EDWARDS, Circuit Judge.

These appeals arise out of a tragic grade crossing accident where a mother and three of her children were in an automobile when it stalled on The Chesapeake & Ohio Railway tracks in the path of an 80-car freight train. The train crushed the car; killed the mother, who was driving; killed two of her children, and injured the third. These suits for wrongful deaths and injury were filed by representatives of the estates of the three deceased persons and the injured minor in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, Southern Division,…

2Cases cited39 opinions

Grand Trunk Railway Co. v. IvesSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
Detroit & Milwaukee Railroad v. Van SteinburgMichigan Supreme Court · 1868
Kaminski v. Grand Trunk Western RailroadMichigan Supreme Court · 1956
Bricker v. GreenMichigan Supreme Court · 1946
Guggenheim v. Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1887

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3Cited by1 opinion

Teresa Serratoni, as Administratrix of the Estate of Lois Jane Zatek, Deceased, and v. The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company, a Foreign Corporation, Andappellee. Eugene Ludwig, as Guardian of the Estate of Richard Paul Zatek, a Minor,teresa Serratoni, as Administratrix of the Estate of Joan Ellen Zatek,deceased, Teresa Serratoni, as Administratrix of the Estate of John Michaelzatek, Deceased, Johnzatek and Wolverine Insurance Co., a Michigan Corporation, as Subrogee of Johnzatek, and v. The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company, a Foreign Corporation, AndappelleeCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1964