Landby v. New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
In an action to recover damages for wrongful death the jury failed to agree, and plaintiff appeals from an order granting defendants’ motions to dismiss the complaint, upon which decision had been reserved, and from the judgment in favor of defendants entered pursuant thereto. Decedent, an experienced electrician, was electrocuted on defendant railroad’s property, apparently in an attempt to remove a foreign wire which had been thrown over said defendant’s high tension wire by children some hours before. The scene was not near a road or highway and no one had been in the immediate vicinity…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Steitz v. City of BeaconNew York Court of Appeals · 1945
- Eckert v. . the Long Island Railroad Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1871
- Carbone v. MacKchil Realty Corp.New York Court of Appeals · 1947
- Murrain v. Wilson Line, Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1946
- Murrain v. Wilson Line, Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 1947
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- Schuster v. City of New YorkNew York Supreme Court · 1953
- Reid v. City of Niagara FallsNew York Supreme Court · 1961
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