Sassaman v. Pennsylvania R.

FAKE, District Judge.

This is a negligence suit. The parties waived a jury trial. Jurisdiction is based on diversity of citizenship and the requisite statutory amount.

I find the facts as follows: Plaintiff had been in the employ of defendant for upwards of forty-one years. On August 8, 1939 he was employed as a train dispatcher in Jersey City, and finishing his work on that day he boarded a train operated by defendant, to return to his home at Newark. He resided a short distance from the South Street Station in that city and had commuted from that station to and from his work for many years.…