Legal Opinion
Hollus v. Amtrak Northeast Corridor
District Court, D. New Jersey
Decided September 20, 1996No. Civil Action 95-1147PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ORLOFSKY, District Judge:
This case, which invokes this court’s infrequently exercised jurisdiction over federally created corporations in which the United States is the majority shareholder, requires this court to predict how the New Jersey Supreme Court would decide a seemingly “pedestrian,” but still novel question of New Jersey law: Whether a plaintiff who trips over a weed growing over a sidewalk from an abutting railroad bridge may hold the railroad responsible for her injuries when the railroad does not own, maintain, or directly benefit from the sidewalk? Based upon the…
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