GERMAN-BEY v. NATIONAL R.R. PASSENGER CORP.

No. 837, Docket 82-7717.

703 F.2d 54 (1983)

Emily GERMAN-BEY, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION and Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad Company, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided March 28, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hyman Hillenbrand, New York City (Bleakley, Platt, Remsen, Millham & Curran, New York City, of counsel), for appellants.

Juan Kip Lenoir, New York City (Greene, Bogan, Lenoir, Jones, & Gutzman, New York City, of counsel), for appellee.

Before PIERCE, WINTER, and PRATT, Circuit Judges.


WINTER, Circuit Judge:

Defendants, National Railroad Passenger Corporation and Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad Company (collectively "Amtrak"), appeal from a final judgment entered by Judge Duffy in the Southern District of New York, 546 F.Supp. 253, after a bench trial in this diversity action. He awarded Emily German-Bey $50,000 in damages for personal injuries resulting from Amtrak's negligence in failing to prevent...

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