Legal Opinion
McClellan v. Pennsylvania R.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided December 12, 1932No. 7PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CHASE, Circuit Judge.
That failure to comply with an established custom to warn employees is actionable negligence when such failure is the proximate cause of injury to one whom the custom was created to protect is well settled. St. Louis & S. F. Ry. Co. v. Jeffries (C. C. A.) 276 F. 73, 75; Lehigh Valley R. R. Co. v. Doktor (C. C. A.) 290 F. 760, 763; Baltimore & Ohio R. R. Co. v. Robertson (C. C. A.) 300 F. 314; Norfolk & W. Ry. Co. v. Collingsworth (C. C. A.) 52 F.(2d) 827. Whenever there is substantial evidence of the existence of such a custom, the question of fact is for the jury and…
2Cases cited19 opinions
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- A. B. Small Co. v. Lamborn & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1925
- Southern Pacific Co. v. SeleySupreme Court of the United States · 1894
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3Cited by10 opinions
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- Jacobs v. Reading Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1942
- Monarch v. Southern Pacific Transportation Co.California Court of Appeal · 1999
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