Legal Opinion
Tanona v. New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided December 21, 1938PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtRonan, J.
The plaintiff, an employee of the defendant, seeks in this action to recover for injuries sustained by falling into a hole, located in the defendant’s railroad yard. He was hired upon the morning of the accident and was one of a group of thirty to forty men engaged in shoveling snow and cleaning switches. A foreman directed the plaintiff where to work. He began work removing snow from a track located in yard nine, and cleaning the switches connected with that track. There was a passageway located at the side of this track. The plaintiff had cleaned about half a dozen switches and was…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Pedersen v. Delaware, Lackawanna & Western RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
- North Carolina Railroad v. ZacharySupreme Court of the United States · 1914
- Central Vermont Railway Co. v. WhiteSupreme Court of the United States · 1915
- New York Central Railroad Company v. WinfieldSupreme Court of the United States · 1916
- St. Louis, San Francisco & Texas Railway Co. v. SealeSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Donahue v. LeventhalMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1939
- Sheehan v. GorianskyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1944
- McCabe v. Boston Terminal Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1939
- Coviello v. New York Central RailroadSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1941
- Claim of McGowan v. New York Central RailroadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1942
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