1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. Pa.
  4. 428 Pa.
  5. 428 Pa. 489 (1968)
 

CARNEY v. PENNSYLVANIA R.R. CO.

428 Pa. 489 (1968)

Carney v. Pennsylvania Railroad Company, Appellant. McGoldrick v. Pennsylvania Railroad Company, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

March 15, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

F. Hastings Griffin, Jr., with him William J. Kennedy, and Dechert, Price & Rhoads, for appellant.

James E. Beasley, for appellees.

Before BELL, C.J., MUSMANNO, JONES, COHEN, EAGEN, O'BRIEN and ROBERTS, JJ.

OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE COHEN, March 15, 1968:

These appeals have their genesis in wrongful death and survival actions instituted against the Pennsylvania Railroad Company. The actions arose out of an accident involving an automobile in which the decedents were passengers and a railroad switching engine owned and operated by defendant. The jury returned verdicts in favor of the plaintiffs in the amounts of $99,300 and $86,800, respectively. Thereupon, defendant filed...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases