Panos v. Sourwine

Andrew Panos, a railroad section foreman, and Thomas Allen, a section hand, while riding on a gasoline hand-car or “speeder”, were injured in a collision with an automobile driven by Harry J. Sourwine at a railroad crossing. Each of the parties injured sued to recover damages alleged to have been caused by the negligence of the driver of the automobile. In each case, the defendants denied negligence and affirmatively alleged that, if the plaintiff was injured it was caused by his own negligence and contributory negligence. In each case, the affirmative allegations in the answer were denied by…