Nelson v. Lehigh Valley Railroad
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, The Lehigh Valley Railroad Company, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Monroe on the 10th day of June, 1897, upon the verdict of a jury for $3,500, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 8th day of June, 1897, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Green, J.:
This action was brought to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been occasioned by the negligence of the defendant in the operation of its railroad, and resulted in a verdict for the plaintiff for $3,500.
The plaintiff took passage upon one-of the defendant’s trains from Rochester to Jersey City. Shortly after passing Mauch Chunk, and whilst the plaintiff and her friends were sitting upon unfastened chairs in the dining car, partaking of their dinner, the car gave a violent lurch, the chair in which she was sitting tipped, and she fell *536or was thrown diagonally…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Dougan v. . Champlain Transportation Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1873
- Loftus v. . Union Ferry Company of BrooklynNew York Court of Appeals · 1881
- Sutton v. New York Central & Hudson River RailroadNew York Court of Appeals · 1876
- Lansing v. Coney Island & Brooklyn RailroadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1897
- Cleary v. BlakeAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1897
3Cited by8 opinions
- Norfolk & W. Ry. Co. v. BirchettCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1918
- Cohen v. Surface Transportation Corp.City of New York Municipal Court · 1936
- Flynn v. Interborough Rapid Transit Co.Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · 1905
- Goold v. New York, New Haven & Hartford RailroadCity of New York Municipal Court · 1908
- Bergman v. Brooklyn & Queens Transit Corp.City of New York Municipal Court · 1937
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