YANICK v. PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD COMPANY

Civ. 13428.

192 F.Supp. 368 (1961)

Arthur YANICK, Plaintiff, v. PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD COMPANY and The New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company, Defendants. PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD COMPANY, Defendant and Third-Party Plaintiff, v. PULLMAN INCORPORATED, Third-Party Defendant.

United States District Court E. D. New York.

February 28, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Conboy, Hewitt, O'Brien & Boardman, New York City, for Pennsylvania R. Co. Edward F. Butler, Herbert J. Kaplow, Reginald L. Duff, of counsel.

Robert Peet, New York City, for N. Y., N. H. & H. R. Co.

Davis, Polk, Wardwell, Sunderland & Kiendl, New York City, for Pullman-Standard Inc. J. Roger Carroll, Peter Fleming, Jr., of counsel.


ZAVATT, District Judge.

This diversity action arises out of an accident in Union Station, Washington, D. C., that occurred on January 15, 1953 when a train operated by The Pennsylvania Railroad Company (Penn), unable to slow down as it approached the station, plowed through the bumping block, causing personal injury and property damage to passengers, station and whatever was in its path. Arthur Yanick, a passenger on the ill-fated train, brought suit against Penn...

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