Legal Opinion
Klegerman v. New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided March 27, 1935PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtRugg, C.J.
This is an action of tort brought to recover
compensation for personal injuries and property damages alleged to have been caused to the plaintiff at a grade crossing through the fault of the defendant. There were two counts in the declaration as submitted to the jury, one at common law for negligence and one under the special provisions of G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 160, §§ 138, 232, for failure to give the statutory signals of sounding a whistle *270and ringing a bell on a locomotive engine before crossing a public way. There was no dispute that the plaintiff was injured by collision between his truck…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Bourne v. WhitmanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1911
- Duggan v. Bay State Street Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1918
- Chase v. New York Central & Hudson River RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1911
- Tully v. Fitchburg RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1883
- Slattery v. New York, New Haven, & Hartford RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1909
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3Cited by19 opinions
- Keeney v. CiborowskiMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1939
- Germaine v. Boston & Albany RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1937
- Kenney v. Boston & Maine RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1938
- Duval v. DuvalMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1940
- Brown v. Boston & Maine RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1939
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