Legal Opinion

Schnars v. Union Railroad

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided April 16, 1963No. Appeal, No. 132PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Musmanno,

At the entrance to the Carrie Furnace in the plant of the United States Steel Company, there is a small *540tunnel which, permits, beneath the tracks of the Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad, access to the plant. The tunnel, which is the property of the United States Steel Company, is only 66 feet long and about 25 feet wide, but large enough to house an automobile accident which occurred there on November 7, 1956. Allen N. Schnars, the plaintiff in this case, an employee of the Union Railroad Company, a subsidiary of United States Steel, was on his way to work that…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Titus v. Bradford etc. R., Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, McKean County1890
  2. Scocozza v. Erie R.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1949

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Denisewich v. PappasSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1964
  2. Humphries v. Pittsburgh & Lake Erie RailroadSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1984
  3. Thelma J. Law, Administratrix of the Estate of William C. Yaggi, Deceased v. John Converse, a Minor, by His Guardian, James ConverseCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1969

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