Kasarda v. Lehigh Valley Railroad
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 313, Jan. T., 1907, by-defendant, from judgment of O. P. Luzerne Co., Oct. T., 1905, No. 737, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Joseph Kasarda, parent in his right and for and in behalf of his son, John Kasarda, in his and their own right, v. The Lehigh Valley Railroad Company. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before Ferris, J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court.
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Appeal, No. 313, Jan. T., 1907, by-defendant, from judgment of O. P. Luzerne Co., Oct. T., 1905, No. 737, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Joseph Kasarda, parent in his right and for and in behalf of his son, John Kasarda, in his and their own right, v. The Lehigh Valley Railroad Company. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before Ferris, J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court. Yerdict and judgment for John Kasarda for $2,333:33 and for Joseph Kasarda for $1,583.95. Defendant appealed. Error assigned among others was in giving binding instructions for…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Me. Justice Stewaet,
John Kasarda, one of the plaintiffs, a young man about seventeen years of age, in attempting to cross the tracks of the defendant company’s road at a public crossing, at an early hour, before it was yet day, and while it was snowing, was struck by a passing engine and seriously injured. The plaintiff testified that when he reached the crossing a train of coal cars was passing west on the track furthest from him, and that he stopped when within two or three yards of the nearest track, and there waited until the last car of the coal train had passed beyond the…
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