New York Court of Appeals

Abram Dyer, Respondent v. the Erie Railway Company, Appellant

November 13, 187771 N.Y. 228

Summary

The Court reversed the judgment, holding that the railroad owed a duty to give proper warning signals beyond statutory requirements, that it was error to let the jury decide what signals should have been given, that the driver’s negligence does not bar recovery, and that the plaintiff’s own negligence did not preclude recovery.