Legal Opinion
Keasey v. Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided May 2, 1961No. Appeal, 153PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mb. Justice Musmanno,
State highway route 224 crosses at right angles a single track of the Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad near Hillsville in Lawrence County. On August 11, 1953 Donald Keasey was operating a Ford V-8 tractor with tandem flatbed trailer in a westerly direction on this highway. He arrived at the crossing known as the Quaker Falls Crossing simultaneously with a train moving southwardly on the track and in the ensuing collision he was killed.
The Administratrix of his estate brought death and survival actions against the Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad Company and…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Johnson v. Pennsylvania RailroadSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1960
- Travis, Admrx. v. Pennsylvania RailroadSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1954
- Unger v. Philadelphia, Baltimore & Washington RailroadSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1907
3Cited by20 opinions
- Yandrich v. RadicSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1981
- Edward W. Eichmann, Administrator of the Estate of Harry J. Lobnitz, Jr., Deceased v. Richard P. DennisCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1965
- Bethay v. Philadelphia Housing AuthoritySuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1979
- James A. O'neill, Administrator of the Estate of Earl F. Smith, Deceased v. Reading CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1962
- Tomasek v. Monongahela Railway Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1967
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