Bakhuyzen v. National Rail Passenger Corp.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• noting “weather conditions are not capable of being adequately encompassed within uniform national standards”
• snowstorm creates specific individual hazard because it is not a permanent feature of the crossing
• question of whether defendant \had a duty to slow the train due to snowy weather conditions\ was not preempted
• parked trains at crossing that created temporary visual obstruction amounted to specific individual hazard
• parked trains at crossing that created temporary visual obstruction amounted to specific individual hazard
• poor visibility due to snow limited to localized area

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).