Legal Opinion
Tuffarella v. Erie Railroad
New York Supreme Court
Decided February 28, 1962PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBernard S. Meyer, J.
Plaintiff, while riding in a truck owned by third-party defendant Star Corrugated Box Company, was injured when that truck collided at a grade crossing in New Jersey with a train operated by defendant third-party plaintiff Brie Railroad Company. Star’s motion to dismiss the third-party complaint was granted, but on appeal that determination was reversed, the Appellate Division concluding (Tuffarella v. Erie R. R. Co., 10 A D 2d 525, 531): “ Since the statutory right to contribution is regarded in New Jersey as being a substantive right and since it may there be enforced under their procedural…
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