Legal Opinion
Charles H. Smith v. National Railroad Passenger Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided August 31, 1988No. 663, Docket 87-7741PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PIERCE, Circuit Judge:
Appellant Charles Smith was employed by the National Railroad Passenger Corp. (“Amtrak”) as Superintendent of its Rail Weld and Cropping Plant in New Haven, Connecticut, until he was shot and seriously wounded by a disgruntled fellow employee on March 20, 1981. On the morning of that day, Smith reprimanded the employee, Joseph Leonetti, for having been in a restaurant eating breakfast when he was supposed to be at work. A few hours later, Leonetti entered Smith’s office and fired two shotgun blasts at him, striking him once in the leg, shattering the kneecap and adjacent…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Rogers v. Missouri Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Allied Chemical Corp. v. Daiflon, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Lavender v. KurnSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Bank of Nova Scotia v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
- Draper v. Airco, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1978
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3Cited by40 opinions
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- Steve Debiasio v. Illinois Central RailroadCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1995
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