SUDETIC v. PENNSYLVANIA RR. CO.


397 Pa. 446 (1959)

Sudetic v. Pennsylvania Railroad Company, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

November 24, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce R. Martin, with him Pringle, Bredin & Martin, for appellant.

J. Thomas Hoffman, with him Ernest G. Nassar, and Charles F. McKenna, for appellee.

Before BELL, MUSMANNO, JONES, COHEN, BOK and McBRIDE, JJ.


OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE COHEN, November 24, 1959:

Gregory M. Karavanic, the appellee's decedent, was killed when the truck which he was driving collided with appellant's train at a crossing. Two mail clerks, who were on the train, were also injured.

Karavanic was traveling in his truck on U.S. Highway Route 36 near Dennison, Ohio, in a very dense fog at a speed of ten to twenty miles an hour approaching Wolf's crossing. The highway at this point was north and...

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