Legal Opinion
Salerno v. New York Central Railroad
New York Supreme Court
Decided September 11, 1963PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGeorge W. Pratt, J.
In February, 1960, Pacific Fruit Express Company furnished Beech-Nut Company at its San Jose, California, plant dry refrigerator car PFE 10753 with bulkhead at one end in a collapsed position. The car was transmitted to the San Jose plant over several railroads and then travelled easterly over several more railroads, finally arriving over the New York Central Railroad at the Beech-Nut plant in Rochester, March 8, 1960 where it was unloaded by Beech-Nut employees at door number 14 on March 10 and 11.
Beech-Nut employees noticed a bulkhead in one end in a tilted position with an unusual amount…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- McFall v. Compagnie Maritime Belge (Lloyd Royal) S. A.New York Court of Appeals · 1952
- Markley v. Kansas City Southern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1936
- Sykes v. St. Louis & San Francisco RailroadSupreme Court of Missouri · 1903
- St. Louis-San Francisco Ry. v. EwanCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1928
- Utica Mutual Insurance v. Amsterdam Color Works, Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1954
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Bierzynski v. New York Central RailroadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1969
- Sarnoff v. SchadNew York Supreme Court · 1966
- Salerno v. New York Central RailroadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1964