Legal Opinion
Anna P. Pieseski, Administratrix of the Estate of John C. Pieseski, Deceased v. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company, a Corporation. Anna P. Pieseski
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided May 13, 1968No. 16647PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
VAN DUSEN, Circuit Judge.
This appeal is from a verdict entered for defendant-appellee, Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company, on the grounds that the plaintiff-appellant’s decedent was contributorily negligent as a matter of law. The suit below, a diversity action, sought damages under the Wrongful Death Acts and the Survival Act of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for the death of John C. Pieseski, who was fatally injured on July 10, 1964, in a grade-crossing accident when struck by one of appellee’s trains.
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2Cases cited14 opinions
- Allison v. Snelling & Snelling, Inc.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1967
- Odessa Woods v. The National Life and Accident Insurance Company, a Tennessee CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1965
- Francesco Sano v. Pennsylvania Railroad CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1960
- Ryan Distributing Corporation v. CaleyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1945
- Keasey v. Pittsburgh & Lake Erie RailroadSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1961
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Kaczmarek v. Mesta Machine Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1972
- McGlinchey v. BakerDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1973
- Theodore Kaczmarek, Administrator of Estate of Charles R. Cook, Deceased v. Mesta MacHine Company, a Corporation, and the McKay Company, a Corporation, and Third-Party v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation, a Corporation, Third-PartyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1972