PAPAJESK v. C. & O.R. CO.

Docket No. 2,945.

14 Mich. App. 550 (1968)

166 N.W.2d 46

PAPAJESK v. THE CHESAPEAKE & OHIO RAILWAY COMPANY

Michigan Court of Appeals.

Leave to appeal denied March 19, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cicinelli, Mossner, Majoros, Harrigan & Alexander, for plaintiff.

Robert A. Straub (Weadock and Montgomery, of counsel), for defendants.


Leave to appeal denied March 19, 1969. See 381 Mich. 809.

C. KAUFMAN, J.

This appeal brings to the fore one of the most misunderstood doctrines in the law of negligence. There is apparent confusion in almost every cited case regarding the doctrine of gross negligence.

The facts in this case can appear rather complicated due to the complexity of the switching area where the incident occurred which gave rise to this dispute. For the purpose of this decision...

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