Legal Opinion
Benson v. Penn Central Transportation Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided July 7, 1975No. 51PublishedCited by 74 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
ROBERTS, Justice.
On April 9, 1969, appellant Moody Benson, a trainman employed by appellee Penn Central Transportation Co. (the railroad), reported for work at the railroad’s Pitcairn, Pennsylvania, yard. The railroad assigned him to *40a train awaiting its crew at the Conway, Pennsylvania, yard and arranged for appellant to be transported to the Conway yard in a taxicab owned by appellee Frank O. Speelman, Inc. (the cab company). En route, the taxicab collided with another automobile operated by Edward Blakely. Appellant sustained back injuries in this accident.
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