Legal Opinion
Wyatt v. Pennsylvania Railroad Company
District Court, D. Delaware
Decided June 21, 1957No. Civ. A. 1851, 1857PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LAYTON, District Judge.
These cases arise on defendant’s motions to dismiss and strike portions of the complaints and on defendant’s objections to certain interrogatories and requests for admissions. Both actions result from, a collision at defendant’s railroad crossing on December .1, 1955, at Nassau, Sussex County, Delaware, when defendant’s train ran into the side of plaintiffs’ machine. 1
Plaintiffs seek to recover both compensatory and punitive damages, the-latter claim being based upon alleged' “gross, wilful and wanton negligence”.. The defendant has moved to dismiss-the claim for…
2Cases cited25 opinions
- Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway Co. v. PrenticeSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
- Gallegher v. DavisSuperior Court of Delaware · 1936
- McHugh v. BrownSupreme Court of Delaware · 1956
- Law v. GallegherSupreme Court of Delaware · 1938
- Davis v. GordonCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1944
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Reynolds v. WillisSupreme Court of Delaware · 1965
- Sheats v. BowenDistrict Court, D. Delaware · 1970
- Safeway Trails, Inc. v. SchmidtDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1967
- Bowen v. Whitehall Laboratories, Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 1966
- Shang v. Hotel Waldorf-Astoria Corp.District Court, S.D. New York · 1978