LENTO v. DELAWARE, LACKAWANNA & WESTERN RAILROAD CO.

No. 372, Docket 30722.

374 F.2d 113 (1967)

Maria LENTO, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. DELAWARE, LACKAWANNA & WESTERN RAILROAD COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Second Circuit.

Decided March 15, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Maria Lento, pro se.

Raymond H. Branda, New York City (William J. Pallas, New York City, on the brief), for defendant-appellee.

Before LUMBARD, Chief Judge, and WATERMAN and SMITH, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

Maria Lento, a citizen and resident of West New York, New Jersey, appeals from a judgment of the Southern District of New York which dismissed her diversity negligence suit for damages which she suffered in leaving a train at the Hoboken railroad terminal. Judge Palmieri tried the case without a jury and dismissed the complaint on two grounds: first, that the defendant had not been negligent and that the plaintiff had been contributorily negligent; second...

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