Legal Opinion

New York Central Railroad v. Mohney

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided March 1, 1920No. 196PublishedCited by 63 opinions

certiorari to the court of APPEALS OF LUCAS COUNTY, STATE OF OHIO. The case is stated in the opinion.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Clarke

The respondent, whom we shall refer to as the plaintiff, brought suit against the petitioner, defendant, to recover, damages for severe injuries which he sustained in a rear-end collision on defendant’s railroad, which he averred was caused by the gross negligence of the engineer of the *153train following that on which he was a passenger, in failing to look for and heed danger signals, which indicated that the track ahead was occupied. The plaintiff was employed by the defendant as an engineer, with a run between Air Line Junction, at Toledo, and Collinwood, a suburb of Cleveland, wholly within…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Southern Pacific Terminal Co. v. Interstate Commerce CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1911
  2. Coe v. ErrolSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
  3. Railroad Commission of Ohio v. Worthington, Receiver of Wheeling & Lake Erie Railroad CompanySupreme Court of the United States · 1912
  4. Southern Pacific Co. v. SchuylerSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
  5. Charleston & Western Carolina Railway Co. v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1914

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3Cited by63 opinions

  1. Gross v. SweetNew York Court of Appeals · 1979
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  3. Wills v. Trans World Airlines, Inc.District Court, S.D. California · 1961
  4. Crescent Cotton Oil Co. v. MississippiSupreme Court of the United States · 1921
  5. Boyer v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1967

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