Legal Opinion
Albanese v. Southern Railway Co.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided May 20, 1955PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WEINFELD, District Judge.
In this negligence action the defendant Southern Railway Company moves, pursuant to Rule 56 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, 28 U.S.C.A., for summary judgment as against both the plaintiff and the defendant National Distillers Corporation which filed a cross complaint against the railway company.
Plaintiff, an employee of an independent contractor, was injured while unloading a shipment from a freight car when some of the cargo fell upon him in attempting to open the door by an electric machine after efforts to do so manually had failed. The accident occurred…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Alaska Steamship Co. v. PettersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Petterson v. Alaska S. S. Co., IncCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1953
- Morgan v. SylvesterDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1954
- Warren W. Tarkington v. United States Lines CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1955
- Gottlieb v. . N.Y., L.E. W.R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1885
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Dollison v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific RailroadAppellate Court of Illinois · 1976
- Bierzynski v. New York Central RailroadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1969
- Anello v. Murphy Motor Freight Lines, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1975
- Salerno v. New York Central RailroadNew York Supreme Court · 1963
- John Anello and Phyllis Anello v. Murphy Motor Freight Lines, Inc., and Maislin Brothers Transport Limited, and Harrison Radiator Division of General Motors Corporation, Murphy Motor Freight Lines, Inc., Third-Party v. Maislin Brothers Transport Limited, Third-Party Maislin Brothers Transport Limited, Third-Party v. Good's Transportation Service, Third-Party and Harrison Radiator Division of General Motors Corporation, and Murphy Motor Freight Lines, Inc., Third-PartyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1975
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