Legal Opinion
Kodack v. Long Island Rail Road
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided March 11, 1965No. 340, Docket 29284PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
HAYS, Circuit Judge:
This appeal involves three actions arising out of the collision at an unguarded grade crossing of a passenger train of the appellant railroad with a tractor-trailer combination owned and driven by Coursey. Kodack, an employee of the railroad acting as rear brakeman or flagman on the train, brought an action against the railroad under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act1 for injuries sustained when he was thrown to the floor of the last car, a passenger coach, by the impact of the collision. The railroad impleaded Coursey in this action. Kodack, a citizen of New York, sued…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Rogers v. Missouri Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Francis T. Ratigan v. New York Central Railroad Co. v. Interstate Commodities, Inc., and the Troy Union Railroad Company, Appellee-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1961
- Louis P. Lanni v. William Wyer, as Trustee of the Long Island Rail Road CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1955
3Cited by1 opinion
- Harold Kodack v. The Long Island Rail Road Company, and Third-Party v. Marvin G. Coursey, Third-Party Action No. 1. Harold Kodack v. Marvin G. Coursey, and Third-Party v. The Long Island Rail Road Company, Third-Party Action No. 2. Marvin G. Coursey v. The Long Island Rail Road CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1965