Sprenkel v. Consolidated Rail Corp.

How courts have described this case

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

• determining that “the factors listed by [the Krentzes] are either irrelevant to the application of the Occupied Crossing Rule or insufficient to trigger the application of the exception”
• holding rain, fog and darkness did not constitute ultrahazardous conditions at the crossing
• stating that “the [occupied crossing] rule provides that a railroad whose train is actually on and moving over a crossing owes no duty to warn the approaching highway traveler; the mere presence of the train in the crossing in front of the driver is sufficient warning”

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Cited by

4 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Krentz v. Consolidated Rail Corp.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2006-11-21· cited 109×
• Robert Zimmerman v. Norfolk Southern Corporation
  Third Circuit· 2013-01-23· cited 47×
• Krentz v. Consolidated Rail Corp.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2004-12-07· cited 1×
• Truax, T. v. Roulhac, T.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2015-10-07

Cites

15 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Dunn v. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1989-03-29· cited 89×
• Mellon Bank, N.A. v. Fabinyi
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1994-12-02· cited 80×
• Wilson v. Pennsylvania Railroad
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1966-05-24· cited 52×
• SCARBOROUGH BY SCARBOROUGH v. Lewis
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1989-10-16· cited 32×
• SCARBOROUGH BY SCARBOROUGH v. Lewis
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1986-11-28· cited 28×
• Baker v. Magnetic Analysis Corp.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1985-11-08· cited 26×
• Johnson v. Pennsylvania Railroad
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1960-05-04· cited 23×
• Hogg v. Bessemer & Lake Erie Railroad
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1953-05-25· cited 20×
• Williams by Williams v. Lewis
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-10-07· cited 17×
• Cella v. Pennsylvania Railroad
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1950-01-16· cited 13×
• Coleman v. Dahl
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1952-11-25· cited 12×
• Yolton v. Pennsylvania Railroad
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1951-11-13· cited 12×
• Benjamin v. Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Co.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1992-02-18· cited 3×
• Deaver v. Missouri Pacific R. Co.
  Tenth Circuit· 1992-06-16· cited 1×
• Ritter v. Merenda
  New York Supreme Court· 1993-12-15· cited 1×