Pro v. Pennsylvania Railroad

How courts have described this case

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

• held: plaintiff not contributorily negligent as a matter of law where distracted by fear of being hit by automobile
• landowner liable where invitee’s attention diverted by feature of premises
• landowner liable where invitee's attention diverted by feature of premises
• landowner liable where invitee's attention diverted by feature of premises

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

18 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Carrender v. Fitterer
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-12-14· cited 317×
• McDevitt v. Terminal Warehouse Co.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1982-06-25· cited 52×
• Geelen v. Pennsylvania Railroad
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1960-06-03· cited 50×
• Commonwealth v. Hanes
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1987-03-09· cited 44×
• Kresovich v. Fitzsimmons
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1970-04-22· cited 24×
• Knapp v. Bradford City
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1968-11-12· cited 20×
• Stringert v. Lastik Products Co.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1959-11-24· cited 20×
• Marinelli v. Montour Railroad
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1980-06-06· cited 15×
• Reardon v. Union Pacific Railroad
  Idaho Supreme Court· 1970-10-07· cited 14×
• Weitz v. Baurkot
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1979-06-29· cited 7×
• Kloewer v. Burlington Northern, Inc.
  Eighth Circuit· 1975-03-12· cited 7×
• Sandherr v. Pottsville
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1963-09-12· cited 6×
• Franc v. Pennsylvania Railroad
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1965-12-16· cited 2×
• Gosha v. City of Philadelphia
  Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas· 1982-02-17· cited 2×
• Hitz v. Stouffer
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1965-12-16· cited 1×
• Robert A. Garr and Lorraine Garr, His Wife v. Union Carbide Corporation
  Third Circuit· 1978-12-19
• Pitcher v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co.
  California Court of Appeal· 1963-10-30
• Victor v. Barzaleski
  Luzerne County Court of Common Pleas· 1959-06-10

Cites

9 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Kuhns v. Brugger
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1957-10-07· cited 163×
• Lerner v. City of Philadelphia
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1908-05-11· cited 74×
• Wilbert v. Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Co.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1956-04-16· cited 22×
• Sculley v. Philadelphia
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1955-03-14· cited 21×
• Wolansky v. Lawson
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1957-06-28· cited 15×
• HAMLEY v. PITTSBURGH RWYS. CO.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1950-11-13· cited 14×
• Henry v. Pennsylvania Railroad
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1951-11-13· cited 11×
• McClintock v. Pittsburgh Railways Co.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1952-11-10· cited 11×
• Hamley v. Pittsburgh Railways Co.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1950-11-13· cited 5×