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NEW YORK CENT. R.R. CO. v. MOHNEY

No. 196.

252 U.S. 152 (1920)

40 S.Ct. 287

64 L.Ed. 502

NEW YORK CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY v. MOHNEY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 1, 1920.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Howard Lewis, with whom Mr. Frederick W. Gaines was on the brief, for petitioner.

Mr. Albert H. Miller, with whom Mr. A. Jay Miller and Mr. Charles H. Brady were on the brief, for respondent.

MR. JUSTICE CLARKE delivered the opinion of the court.

The respondent, whom we shall refer to as the plaintiff, brought suit against the petitioner, defendant, to recover damages for severe injuries which he sustained in a rear-end collision on defendant's railroad, which he averred was caused by the gross negligence of the engineer of the train following that on which he was a passenger, in failing to look for and heed danger...

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