Cases

RULING ON MOTIONS FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT Jeffrey Alker Meyer, United States District Judge The cities of New Haven and New York have long been connected by a busy railroad line. For many decades this stretch of railroad tracks has also featured “cate-nary” towers that carry high-voltage electric lines high above the tracks below. The catenary towers are metal, and they are easily climbable with an “X”-like lat

Opinion HARPER, J. The plaintiff, James E. Sullivan, administrator of the estate of James P. Sullivan, the plaintiffs decedent (decedent), brought this wrongful death action against the defendant Metro-North Commuter Railroad Company,1 alleging that the defendant was negligent in failing to maintain and to provide adequate se

89 F.Supp.2d 506 (2000) Corinne WAHLSTROM, Plaintiff, v. METRO-NORTH COMMUTER RAILROAD COMPANY and William Chapman, Defendants. No. 96 Civ. 3589(PKL). United States District Court, S.D. New York. April 6, 2000. *507 *508 *509 *

OPINION OF THE COURT SULLIVAN, J. P. On this appeal from the denial of defendant Metro-North Commuter Railroad Company’s motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint, which asserts claims for false imprisonment and malicious prosecution, the essential underlying facts are not in dispute. On August 11, 1994, plaintiff, a passenger on a Metro-North train, became upset when the co

Justice Breyer delivered the opinion of the Court. The basic question in this case is whether a railroad worker negligently exposed to a carcinogen (here, asbestos) but without symptoms of any disease can recover under the *427Federal Employers’ Liability Act (FELA or Act), 35 Stat. 65, as amended, 45 U. S. C. § 51 et seq., for negligently infl

Opinion GRUENDEL, J. This unconventional premises liability case concerns injuries sustained by a social invitee as a result of the intentional and criminal acts of a third party. The plaintiff, Marisol Perez, administratrix of the estate of Hiram D. Colon, Jr., appeals from the judgment of the trial court, rendered after a jury trial, in favor of the defendant, Elizabeth Cumba. The plaintiff claims

ALVORD, J. The defendant, Raashon Jackson, appeals from the judgment of conviction, rendered after a jury trial, of one count of murder in violation of General Statutes § 53a-54a(a), one count of conspiracy to commit murder in violation of General Statutes §§ 53a-48(a) and 53a-54a(a), and four counts of assault in the first degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-59(a) (5). On

71 F.Supp.2d 224 (1999) Dawn FERNANDEZ, Plaintiff, v. John DeLENO and Gary Lucchese, individually and in their official capacity as police officers of the New Rochelle Police Department, New Rochelle Police Department, and the City of New Rochelle, a municipal corporation, Defendants. Gary Lucchese and John DeLeno, Third-Party Plaintiffs, v. Patrick J. Carroll, individually, Dominic Capio, individually, Rhoda Quash, individually, Tim

OPINION AND ORDER LYNCH, District Judge. In this putative class action for federal civil rights violations arising from policies or practices of the New York City Department of Corrections (“DOC”) applied at New York City jails, plaintiffs move for class certification and appointment of class counsel, while intervenor-plaintiffs oppose plaintiffs’ motions and cross-move for class certification and for appo

CRANDALL, Presiding Judge. Defendant, Alton & Southern Railway (Railway), appeals from the judgment entered in this jury-tried, Federal Employers’ Liability Act (F.E.L.A.) case awarding plaintiff, Leo Stewart (Stewart), $65,000.00 in damages for injuries caused by Railway’s negligence. We affirm. The evidence, viewed in a light most favorable to plaintiff, discloses that Stewart, a black male, worked twe

493 F.Supp.2d 215 (2007) Diliana HERNANDEZ-PAYERO, Plaintiff, v. COMMONWEALTH OF PUERTO RICO, et al., Defendants. Civil No. 02-2470 (FAB). United States District Court, D. Puerto Rico. April 27, 2007. *216 *217 Carlos A. Piovanetti-Rivera, Piovanetti Law Office, Carlos A. Piovanetti-Dohnert, S

EYLER, JAMES R., J., concurring and dissenting, in which HOTTEN, J., joins. These consolidated cases arise from the leakage of gasoline from a gasoline service station, located at the corner of Jarrettsville Pike and Paper Mill Road in the Jacksonville area of Baltimore County. The station was owned by Exxon-Mobil Corporation, appellant. The leak occurred, on January 13, 2006, whe

801 F.Supp. 1200 (1992) Dorothy VISCONTI, Plaintiff, v. CONSOLIDATED RAIL CORPORATION, Defendant. No. 91 Civ. 2552 (MBM). United States District Court, S.D. New York. August 25, 1992. Philip J. Dinhofer, Sable, Gold & Dinhofer, New York City, for plaintiff. Ralph G. Wellington, Michelle Schiffer, Michael G. Tierce, Schnader, Harrison, Segal & Lewis, N

178 F.Supp.2d 198 (2001) BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD OF NEW JERSEY, INC., et al., Plaintiffs, v. PHILIP MORRIS, INCORPORATED, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation, Liggett Group, Inc., Lorillard Tobacco Company, British American Tobacco, Ltd. Defendants. No. 98 CV 3287(JBW). United States District Court, E.D. New York. October 19, 2001.