Lauritz I. Gudnestad, Plaintiff-Appellant v. Seaboard Coal Dock Company, a Foreign Corporation, Defendant, and…

Summary

The New Jersey Supreme Court reversed the Appellate Division's judgment against the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, reinstating the plaintiff's recovery, and affirmed the judgment exonerating Seaboard Coal Dock Company. The Court held that the railroad owed a duty to the plaintiff as an invitee, that contributory negligence and assumption of risk are factual issues for the jury, that the amendment to the pleadings was proper, and that Seaboard was not liable based on the evidence.