Legal Opinion
Joseph Uhlik and Mary Uhlik v. Penn Central Railroad Company
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided May 12, 1972No. 71-1891PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Per curiam
Plaintiffs are husband and wife. They sustained personal injuries while riding in a passenger train of New York Central Railroad Company, when the car in which they were riding was derailed; they were riding under a free pass issued by the Railroad Company.
Plaintiffs filed suit against the Railroad Company in the District Court, to recover damages for the personal injuries which they sustained. The complaint set forth four specifications of ordinary negligence which they alleged was the proximate cause of their injuries.
The husband had been laid off from his employment but he could not recall…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Francis v. Southern Pacific Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Charleston & Western Carolina Railway Co. v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
- Boering v. Chesapeake Beach Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1904
- Kansas City Southern Railway Co. v. Van ZantSupreme Court of the United States · 1923
- Adelaide Viola Gonzales v. The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1963
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- Morris Ex Rel. Estate of Morris v. Northwest Airlines, Inc.District Court, E.D. Michigan · 1989
- Thompson v. National Railroad Passenger CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1980