Legal Opinion
Callaghan v. City of New York
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided March 2, 1954PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBergan, J.
The proof before the Special Referee is that on December 4, 1950, just before 5:00 p.m., plaintiff Margaret Callaghan alighted from a northbound Lexington Avenue express subway train at the 125th Street station and walked to the local side of the platform. There were at that time at least one hundred people standing on the local side of the platform at the point where said plaintiff crossed.
She testified that she waited on the platform between ten and twelve minutes before the first local train arrived. During this period two or three express trains came into the station, discharging more…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Commerford v. Interborough Rapid Transit Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1922
- Kye v. MurrayNew York Court of Appeals · 1944
- Sarkin v. MurrayNew York Court of Appeals · 1938
- Carlson v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1944
- Dunn v. MurrayAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1942
3Cited by5 opinions
- Stark v. Penn Central Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1969
- Jean Pilch and Stanley Pilch v. Pennsylvania Railroad Company, Defendant-RespondentCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1957
- McCarthy v. Pennsylvania RailroadCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1955
- Lucio Cannizzo and Lina Cannizzo v. The Pennsylvania Railroad CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1965
- Nicholas R. McCarthy v. The Pennsylvania Railroad CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1955