Legal Opinion
Egan v. Erie Railroad
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Decided March 2, 1959PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Pkoctok, J.
The plaintiffs appealed to the Appellate Division of the Superior Court from a summary judgment which the Law Division had entered in favor of the defendant railroad company. We granted certification under B. B. 1:10-1 (a).
Catherine Egan, seven years of age, sued the Erie Railroad Company to recover damages arising from an accident in which she was struck by a freight car of the defendant. Her parents sued for consequential damages. The pleadings and the pretrial order disclose that at about noontime on November 8, 1955 the infant plaintiff…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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- Shea v. OlsonWashington Supreme Court · 1936
- Erie Railroad v. HiltSupreme Court of the United States · 1918
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