Legal Opinion
Pearsall v. . N.Y.C. H.R.R.R. Co.
New York Court of Appeals
Decided November 19, 1907PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The plaintiff was seriously and permanently injured on the 12th of September, 1901, at about two o'clock in the morning of that day, by the derailing of the train upon which he was the engineer at a place called Eastwood, a few miles east of Syracuse, on the West Shore railroad, which constituted a part of the defendant's system. The train was west-bound, a fast express, in charge of the plaintiff as engineer, and after crossing a bridge east of the point where the accident occurred was running at the rate of forty or fifty miles an hour. The primary cause of the derailment and consequent…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Berrigan v. . New York, Lake Erie and Western Rd. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1892
- Sisco v. Lehigh & Hudson River Railway Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1895
- Corcoran v. . Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Rd. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1891
- Smith v. New York Cent. & H. R. RailroadNew York Supreme Court · 1895
3Cited by8 opinions
- Reed v. DavisNew York Court of Appeals · 1928
- Stever v. Ann Arbor RailroadMichigan Supreme Court · 1910
- Stone v. Union Pacific RailroadUtah Supreme Court · 1909
- Biehl v. Erie RailroadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1909
- Braun v. New York Central & Hudson River RailroadNew York Supreme Court · 1909
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