Legal Opinion
Gussie v. Pennsylvania Railroad Company
New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division
Decided February 25, 1949PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
This is an appeal from an order of the Hudson County Court dismissing the plaintiff's complaint under the Federal Employers' Liability Act and entering judgment for the defendant.
The plaintiff, Anthony Gussie, was a freight brakeman employed in interstate commerce by the defendant Pennsylvania Railroad Company. On September 6, 1944, he was on a box car located on a car float of 450 tons which was lying in the navigable waters of the Hudson River. He alleges that while he was assisting in the unloading of freight cars he had given a back-up signal to the engineer on the locomotive located off…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Nogueira v. New York, New Haven & Hartford RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1930
- Ermin v. Pennsylvania R. Co.District Court, E.D. New York · 1941
- Shelton v. ThomsonCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1945
- Buren v. Southern Pac. Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1931
- McFadden v. Pennsylvania R.R. Co.Supreme Court of New Jersey · 1943
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Pennsylvania Railroad v. O'RourkeSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Zientek v. Reading Co.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1950
- Byrd v. New York Central SystemNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1949
- O'Rourke v. Pennsylvania R.District Court, E.D. New York · 1951
- Rist v. Pittsburgh & Conneaut Dock Co.District Court, N.D. Ohio · 1951
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