Case Name: Leonard H. Walters, Respondent, v. Lehigh Valley Railroad Company, Appellant
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1920-04-13
Citations: 228 N.Y. 588
Docket Number: 
Parties: Leonard H. Walters, Respondent, v. Lehigh Valley Railroad Company, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 228
Pages: 588–589

Head Matter:
Leonard H. Walters, Respondent, v. Lehigh Valley Railroad Company, Appellant.
Walters v. Lehigh Valley R. R. Co., 181 App. Div. 916, affirmed.
(Argued March 8, 1920;
decided April 13, 1920.)
Appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the third judicial department, entered December 6, 1917, affirming a judgment in favor of plaintiff entered upon a verdict in an action to recover for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained by-plaintiff through the negligence of defendant, his employer. It was alleged that defendant ran one of its trains, upon which the plaintiff was a fireman, at an excessive rate of speed around a curve through the interlocking plant on defendant’s main line at Niagara Junction, and as a result the plaintiff was thrown from the tender of the engine hauling the train in question and severely injured.
Riley H. Heath for appellant.
Leon C. Rhodes for respondent.

Opinion:
Judgment affirmed, with costs; no opinion.
Concur: Hiscock, Ch. J., Chase, Collin, Cardozo, Pound, Crane and Andrews, JJ.