WHELAN v. PENN CENTRAL COMPANY

Nos. 1122-1125, Dockets 73-2789, 74-1338, 74-1367, 74-1417.

503 F.2d 886 (1974)

Eugene J. WHELAN, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. PENN CENTRAL COMPANY, now known as Penn Central Transportation Co., Defendant-Appellant and Third-Party Plaintiff-Appellee-Appellant, v. The UNITED STATES of America, Third-Party Defendant-Appellant-Appellee and Fourth-Party Plaintiff-Appellee, v. The FEDERAL STORAGE WAREHOUSE, Fourth-Party Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided September 11, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David J. Mountan, Jr., New York City (Conboy, Hewitt, O'Brien & Boardman, New York City, Thomas J. Smith, New York City, of counsel), for Penn Central Co.

John E. Trecartin, New York City (O'Hagan, Reilly & Trecartin, New York City), for Federal Storage Warehouse.

Taggart D. Adams, Asst. U. S. Atty. (Paul J. Curran, U. S. Atty., S. D. N. Y., Joseph P. Marro, Asst. U. S. Atty., of counsel), for United States.

Arnold B. Elkind, New York City (Donald E. Lampson, New York City, of counsel), for Eugene J. Whelan.

Before SMITH and MANSFIELD, Circuit Judges, and BARTELS, District Judge.


J. JOSEPH SMITH, Circuit Judge:

These are appeals from judgment on a verdict entered November 8, 1973 after a jury trial in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, Thomas P. Greisa, Judge, awarding plaintiff-appellee Whelan $400,000 against defendant-appellant and third-party plaintiff-appellee Penn Central, and from judgments pursuant to a decision by Judge Greisa dated February 11, 1974, awarding Penn Central $200,000 against...

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