Legal Opinion
Oram v. New Jersey Bell Telephone Co.
New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division
Decided February 28, 1975PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
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Plaintiffs, passengers in an automobile which collided with a telephone pole located two feet from the travelled portion of Route 27 in Eranklin Township, New Jersey, appeal from an order granting summary judgment in favor of defendant New Jersey Bell Telephone Company.
The facts concerning the happening of this accident are free from dispute. The automobile in which plaintiffs were seated was proceeding south in the right-hand lane of Route 27, a four-lane highway, with two lanes in each direction. The paved portion of the roadway is 46 feet wide and the posted speed limit is 50…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Wood Ex Rel. Putnam v. Carolina Telephone & Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1948
- Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. MartinSupreme Court of Georgia · 1972
- Mattucci, Admr. v. Ohio Edison Co.Ohio Court of Appeals · 1946
- Delaware, L. & W. R. Co. v. ChiaraCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1938
- Murphy v. City of Asbury ParkCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1944
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3Cited by25 opinions
- McMillan v. State Highway CommissionMichigan Supreme Court · 1986
- Florida Power and Light Co. v. LivelyDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1985
- State v. CorneliusIndiana Court of Appeals · 1994
- Afarian v. Massachusetts Electric Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2007
- Cobb v. WaddingtonNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1977
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