Legal Opinion
Taggart v. Vermont Transportation Co.
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided May 16, 1963No. Civ. A. No. 26997PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FREEDMAN, District Judge.
Defendants have moved for a new trial after a verdict against them in the amount of $45,000. The suit was for injuries the plaintiff sustained when the automobile he was driving collided with a tractor-trailer owned by the corporate defendant and operated by the individual defendant.
The accident occurred on December 17, 1958, at about 10 P.M. The tractor-trailer had become disabled and was parked on the highway about half way up the western end of the Penrose Avenue Bridge. Defendants were charged with negligence because they left the tractor-trailer unlighted and…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Link v. Wabash RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Societe Internationale Pour Participations Industrielles Et Commerciales, S. A. v. RogersSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
- United States v. 42 Jars, More or Less, of an Article of Drug Labeled in Part "Bee Royale Capsules". Appeal of Bee Royale, IncCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1959
- Smith v. Acadia Overseas Freighters, Ltd.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1953
- Southard v. Pennsylvania RailroadDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1959
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3Cited by24 opinions
- Michael Meyers, Individually and as Representative of a Class v. Pennypack Woods Home Ownership Association and Marion A. SteinbronnCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1977
- Feingold v. Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation AuthoritySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1986
- Knight v. Otis Elevator Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1979
- Gill v. McGraw Electric Co.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1979
- Feingold v. Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation AuthoritySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1985
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