Coates v. Long Island Railroad

Action to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by plaintiff who had been employed by an independent contractor to remove snow from the defendant railroad company’s tracks. On the approach of a train on the tracks upon which plaintiff was working, a warning signal was given, and plaintiff ran and jumped to an adjoining track, where he was struck by a second train. Judgment in favor of plaintiff, entered on the verdict of a jury, the amount of which was reduced by stipulation, and order denying defendant’s motion to set aside the verdict, in so far as appealed from, affirmed, with…