Legal Opinion

McGlinchey v. Baker

District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania

Decided March 22, 1973No. Civ. A. 68-735PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION AND ORDER

EDWARD R. BECKER, District Judge.

This is a wrongful death and survival action arising out of a grade crossing accident in Morton, Pennsylvania in which a milk truck driven by plaintiff’s decedent was struck by the defendant’s passenger train. 1 Both negligence and contributory negligence were in issue. The jury returned a verdict for the defendant; before us are the plaintiff’s motions for judgment n. o. v. and for a new trial. 2 The motion for judgment n. 0. v. contends that under all the evidence, we should have granted plaintiff a directed verdict. 3 The motion for a new…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Neville Chemical Company v. Union Carbide CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1970
  2. Odessa Woods v. The National Life and Accident Insurance Company, a Tennessee CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1965
  3. Riesberg v. Pittsburgh & Lake Erie RailroadSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1962
  4. Fallon v. Penn Central Transportation Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1971
  5. Clifford A. Hourston, Doing Business as Southern Cross Engineering and Foundry Works, in No. 71-1931 v. Harvlan, Inc., in No. 71-1932Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1972

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. National Freight, Inc. v. Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation AuthorityDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1988
  2. Saaybe v. Penn Central Transportation Co.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1977
  3. Strozyk v. Norfolk Southern Corp.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2004
  4. Venzie Corp. v. United States Mineral Prod. Co., Inc.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1974
  5. Fuller v. Southern Pacific Transportation Co.Court of Appeals of Arizona · 1979

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