Legal Opinion
Nice v. Pennsylvania Railroad
District Court, N.D. Ohio
Decided January 2, 1959No. Civ. A. No. 33141PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
By WEICK, District Judge.
This case involves a crossing accident.
Plaintiff’s decedent was driving his truck loaded with eggs on a country road over a railroad crossing when he was struck and killed by a passenger train.
The accident happened shortly after 9:00 o’clock in the morning on a cold, clear, dry day in broad daylight.
The railroad tracks crossed the highway at grade and at an angle of 32% degrees.
The right of way of the railroad was 125 feet wide and contained four sets of tracks. It was straight and then was a clear and unobstructed view in the direction from which the train was…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Rd. Co. v. RohrsOhio Supreme Court · 1926
- Flusk v. Erie R. Co.District Court, D. New Jersey · 1953
- Price v. New York Central SystemDistrict Court, N.D. Ohio · 1950
3Cited by2 opinions
- Francis Edward Anderer v. The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1962
- McCormick v. City of WildwoodDistrict Court, D. New Jersey · 1977