Legal Opinion
Robinson v. Long Island Railroad
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided June 23, 1975PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
In a negligence action to recover damages for wrongful death and conscious pain and suffering, defendants appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Suffolk County, entered May 16, 1974, in favor of plaintiff, upon a jury verdict. Judgment affirmed, with costs. Plaintiff’s decedent died as a result of injuries sustained when the automobile he was driving was struck at a grade crossing by a train owned by defendant Long Island Railroad and operated by defendant King. The main issue at the trial was whether King blew the train’s whistle at the whistle post before the crossing. The conflicting…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Cohn v. New York Central & Hudson River RailroadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1896
- Dye v. . Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1891
- Coutts v. ChristopherAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1931
- Giordano v. MacMurray Motors, Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1963
- Harrison v. New York Central & Hudson River RailroadNew York Court of Appeals · 1909
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Robinson v. Long Island RailroadNew York Court of Appeals · 1976