Walls v. Lehigh Valley Railroad

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York

Walls v. Lehigh Valley Railroad

261 A.D. 1116, 27 N.Y.S.2d 174, 1941 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 9025

CourtAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

DecidedApril 30, 1941

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Walls v. Lehigh Valley Railroad, 261 A.D. 1116, 27 N.Y.S.2d 174, 1941 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 9025 (N.Y. Ct. App. 1941).

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Defendant has appealed from a judgment in plaintiff’s favor in an action to recover damages for personal injuries. Plaintiff was in the employ of defendant as a brakeman on a freight train running between Manchester, N. Y., and Sayre, Pa. The action is brought under the provisions of the Federal Employers’ Liability Act. Plaintiff was injured on December 18, 1937, while climbing a ladder on the side of a freight ear which was passing a water plug. There is evidence on which the jury could base a finding that defendant negligently maintained its track and roadbed at the place where the accident oeeured. Judgment unanimously affirmed, with costs. Present — Hill, P. J., Crapser, Bliss, Heffeman and Foster, JJ.

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Defendant has appealed from a judgment in plaintiff’s favor in an action to recover damages for personal injuries. Plaintiff was in the employ of defendant as a brakeman on a freight train running between Manchester, N. Y., and Sayre, Pa. The action is brought under the provisions of the Federal Employers’ Liability Act. Plaintiff was injured on December 18, 1937, while climbing a ladder on the side of a freight ear which was passing a water plug. There is evidence on which the jury could base a finding that defendant negligently maintained its track and roadbed at the place where the accident oeeured. Judgment unanimously affirmed, with costs. Present — Hill, P. J., Crapser, Bliss, Heffeman and Foster, JJ.

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261 A.D. 1116, 27 N.Y.S.2d 174, 1941 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 9025, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/walls-v-lehigh-valley-railroad-nyappdiv-1941.

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