Legal Opinion

Gudnestad v. Seaboard Coal Dock Co.

Supreme Court of New Jersey

Decided March 29, 1954PublishedCited by 47 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Wachenfeld, J.

The plaintiff brought suit against the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, John Gerba, Jr., and Seaboard Coal Dock Company, alleging he was severely injured by reason of their negligence on September 13, 1950 when he Avas struck by a coal dump railroad car in the railroad company yard in South Amboy under circumstances described later.

The jury returned a verdict of $60,000 in favor of the plaintiff against the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, hereinafter referred to as Pennsylvania, but exonerated Seaboard Coal Dock Company, hereinafter referred…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Bacak v. HogyaSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1950
  2. Russo v. Wright Aeronautical Corp.Supreme Court of New Jersey · 1949
  3. Hendrikson v. Koppers Co., Inc.Supreme Court of New Jersey · 1953
  4. Mellon v. Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore LinesSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1951
  5. Gibeson v. SkidmoreSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1923

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3Cited by47 opinions

  1. Olivo v. Owens-Illinois, Inc.Supreme Court of New Jersey · 2006
  2. Wolczak v. National Electric Products Corp.New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1961
  3. J & R Ice Cream Corporation, a Corporation of the State of Florida v. California Smoothie Licensing Corporation, a Corporation of the State of New Jersey California Smoothie International, Inc., a Corporation of the State of New Jersey, Defendants/third-Party v. Jeffrey K. Baugher Richard Rossetti, Third-Party California Smoothie Licensing Corporation and California Smoothie International, Inc., Appellants-Cross-Appellees, J & R Ice Cream Corporation, Appellee-Cross-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1994
  4. Miller v. MuscarelleNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1961
  5. Hartman v. City of BrigantineNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1956

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