Legal Opinion
Vogel v. National Railroad Passenger Corp.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided January 20, 1988No. 1069PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WIEAND, Judge:
This appeal is from an order transferring venue of plaintiffs’ cause of action on grounds of forum non conveniens from Philadelphia to Lancaster County.
W. Charles McMinn was killed on October 14, 1984 when an Amtrak passenger train collided with the automobile which he was operating at a grade crossing in East Hempfield Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. On October 14, 1986, Andrew H. Vogel, III, James C. Byerly, and Fulton Bank, the co-executors of McMinn’s estate, commenced a wrongful death and survival action in the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County to…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Plum v. Tampax, Inc.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1960
- Petty v. Suburban General HospitalSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1987
- Walker v. Ohio River Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1964
- Koenig v. International Brotherhood of BoilermakersSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1980
- Daugherty v. Inland Tugs Co.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1976
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3Cited by17 opinions
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- McCrory v. AbrahamSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1995
- GOODMAN BY GOODMAN v. PizzutilloSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1996
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