Legal Opinion
Cage v. New York Central Railroad Company
District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania
Decided February 3, 1967No. Civ. A. 1141PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
WEBER, District Judge.
This wrongful death and survival action arises out of a collision between an automobile and a train on the Pittsburgh Avenue grade crossing at the western limits of the City of Erie. The jury by special interrogatories found the decedent driver contributorily negligent but found the railroad guilty of wanton and wilful misconduct and awarded damages to plaintiff administrator for the death of the driver and the guest passenger.
Much of the factual background of this case concerns the layout of this grade crossing. Pittsburgh Avenue is a very heavily traveled…
2Cases cited31 opinions
- Erie Railroad v. TompkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Ruhlin v. New York Life InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Evans v. Philadelphia Transportation Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1965
- Best v. YerkesSupreme Court of Iowa · 1956
- Fisher v. DiehlSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1944
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3Cited by25 opinions
- Zenith Radio Corp. v. Matsushita Electric Industrial Co.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1980
- Beeck v. Aquaslide 'N' Dive Corp.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1984
- W. D. Rubright Co. v. International Harvester Co.District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 1973
- Chamberlain v. Carborundum Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1973
- Beavers v. West Penn Power Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1971
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