Legal Opinion
Gilliard v. Long Island Railroad
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided February 27, 1978Published
1Opinion of the Court
In a negligence action to recover damages for personal injuries, etc., defendant appeals from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Suffolk County, entered March 9, 1977, which is in favor of the plaintiffs, upon a jury verdict. Judgment affirmed, with costs. Plaintiff-respondent Joseph A. Gilliard, Jr., while operating his automobile, struck the side of one of the defendant-appellant’s trains at a crossing of the train tracks and a public highway. According to the said plaintiff, his view of the track was obstructed by vegetation which the defendant allowed to grow around the crossing. As he…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Baltimore & Ohio Railroad v. GoodmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1927
- Flansburg v. . Town of ElbridgeNew York Court of Appeals · 1912
- Schrader v. New York, Chicago & St. Louis RailroadNew York Court of Appeals · 1930
- Crough v. New York Central R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1932
- Cordell v. . N.Y.C. H.R.R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1877
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