Legal Opinion
Healy v. Central R.
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided November 7, 1940No. Civ. No. 728PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BYERS, District Judge.
The plaintiff had a verdict of $4,500 for loss of three fingers of the left hand at the lower joint, and decision was reserved of a motion to set' it aside and for a directed verdict for defendant.
The plaintiff had been a freight conductor in defendant’s employ for nineteen years, during which he had worked all over the Communipaw yard where this accident happened at about 11 p. m. on June 18, 1939. The float yard is that portion at which car floats are landed, and freight cars are moved on and off, as required, across float bridges; i. e., structures attached to the…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Williams v. New Jersey-New York Transit Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1940
- Northern Pac. Ry. Co. v. BervenCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1934
- Pitcairn v. HunaultCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1936
3Cited by2 opinions
- Cleghorn v. Terminal Railroad Ass'n of St. LouisSupreme Court of Missouri · 1956
- McDill v. Terminal R. R.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1954