Case Name: Frances J. Riggio, as Administratrix of the Estate of William W. Koenig, Deceased, Respondent, v. Bernard Kransdorf et al., Defendants, and Erie Railroad Company, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1958-03-17
Citations: 5 A.D.2d 881
Docket Number: 
Parties: Frances J. Riggio, as Administratrix of the Estate of William W. Koenig, Deceased, Respondent, v. Bernard Kransdorf et al., Defendants, and Erie Railroad Company, Appellant.
Judges: Wenzel, Acting P. J., Beldock, Murphy, Hallinan and Kleinfeld, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 5
Pages: 881–881

Head Matter:
Frances J. Riggio, as Administratrix of the Estate of William W. Koenig, Deceased, Respondent, v. Bernard Kransdorf et al., Defendants, and Erie Railroad Company, Appellant.

Opinion:
In an action to recover damages for wrongful death and for conscious pain and suffering, an order was made on the motion of the administratrix, granting leave to serve an amended complaint (1) omitting the cause of action for conscious pain and suffering, (2) increasing the amount of the damages for wrongful death from $100,000 to $250,000, and (3) pleading an additional cause of action against the Erie Bailroad Company, the intestate's employer, under the Federal Employers' Liability Act (U. S. Code, tit. 45, § 51-60). Erie appeals from so much of said order as permits the inclusion of the additional cause of action in the amended complaint. The intestate, a passenger in a motor vehicle owned by defendant Kransdorf and operated by defendant Hohorst, received injuries which resulted in his death, when the motor vehicle in which he was riding and the motor vehicle owned by defendant California Pie & Baking Co., Inc., were involved in a collision with motor vehicles owned by appellant and defendant United States Trucking Corporation. At the time of the accident the intestate was en route to an eating place during a regular meal period. Order insofar as appealed from affirmed, with $10 costs and disbursements. No opinion.
Wenzel, Acting P. J., Beldock, Murphy, Hallinan and Kleinfeld, JJ., concur.