DESSI v. PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD COMPANY

Civ. A. No. 17993.

150 F.Supp. 703 (1957)

Michele DESSI, Plaintiff, v. PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD COMPANY, Defendant.

United States District Court, E. D. Pennsylvania, At Philadelphia.

March 27, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles A. Lord, Philadelphia, Pa. (Richter, Lord & Levy, Philadelphia, Pa., on the brief), for plaintiff.

F. Hastings Griffin, Jr., Philadelphia, Pa. (Barnes, Dechert, Price, Myers & Rhoads, Philadelphia, Pa., on the brief), for defendant.


BARKSDALE, District Judge.

This action came on for trial with a jury on November 27, 1956, and when plaintiff had concluded his testimony, and again at the conclusion of all testimony, defendant moved for a directed verdict in its favor, upon the grounds that plaintiff had failed to prove negligence on the part of the defendant and that, even if there was proof of negligence, there was no proof that any negligence on the part of the defendant was a proximate cause...

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