Legal Opinion
Pirner v. Northern Pacific Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided July 8, 1960No. 37,959PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Frank T. Gallagher, Justice.
Appeal from an order of the district court denying motion of defendant railway for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or for a new trial.
This personal injury action arose out of a collision between a truck, operated by plaintiff and owned by Zontelli Brothers, and a train consisting of a Diesel engine and a caboose owned and operated by defendant Northern Pacific Railway Company. Melvin Bloomstrom, engineer on the Diesel, was also joined as a defendant.
The accident occurred at about 1:50 p. m. on October 18, 1956, at a railroad crossing. Hanna Coal & Ore…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Carlson v. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1905
- Rintala v. Duluth, Winnipeg & Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1924
- Turner v. Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1925
- Dahlquist v. Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1950
- Massmann v. Great Northern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1938
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Neill v. Borreson (In Re John Peterson Motors, Inc.)United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Minnesota · 1986
- Chicago and North Western Railway Company v. Lillian R. Strand, as Trustee for the Heirs of Roy B. Strand, DecedentCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1962