KLINE v. NEW YORK, N.H. & H.R. CO.


160 Conn. 187 (1970)

RORERT J. KLINE v. NEW YORK, NEW HAVEN AND HARTFORD RAILROAD COMPANY ET AL.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decided December 23, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert J. Frechette, for the appellant (plaintiff).

John F. Scully, with whom, on the brief, were Joseph P. Cooney and David T. Ryan, for the appellees (defendants).

ALCORN, C. J., HOUSE, THIM, RYAN and SHAPIRO, JS.


HOUSE, J.

This action arose from an incident which happened on Sunday morning, August 26, 1962, when Robert Kline, then two weeks shy of his twelfth birthday, sustained serious injuries when he fell from a freight train onto which he had hopped in the freight yards owned and operated by the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company in New Haven. Although the suit was brought by Robert's father acting in his behalf...

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