Heller v. Consolidated Rail Corp.

OPINION

DITTER, District Judge.

This action comes before the court on the defendants’ motions for summary judgment. Plaintiff Thomas Heller, a student at Villanova University, brought this action against defendants Conrail, National Railroad Passenger Corporation (“Amtrak”), and Villanova University alleging that he was injured due to defendants’ negligence when he climbed atop a boxcar which was temporarily stopped on tracks which cross the Villanova campus. As he reached the top of the boxcar, plaintiff came in contact with an overhead electrical wire which resulted in serious injuries to him.