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Ricketts v. Pennsylvania R. Co.

153 F.2d 757 (1946)

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Ricketts v. Pennsylvania R. Co.

United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
153 F.2d 757 (1946)

Facts

Sydney Ricketts (plaintiff) worked as a dining-car waiter for the Pennsylvania Railroad Company (the railroad) (defendant). Ricketts suffered personal injuries in a railway accident. The railroad paid Ricketts $750 for lost wages and tips in exchange for Ricketts signing a document that released the railroad from all claims. Ricketts later brought suit against the railroad in federal district court, asserting that he had relied on false statements by his lawyer, Reich, to the effect that the document was not a release. Both Ricketts and Ricketts’s wife testified that Ricketts had not read or understood the contents of the release. The court found in favor of Ricketts, awarding him $7,500 in damages. The railroad appealed to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.

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Holding and Reasoning (Hand, J.)

Concurrence (Frank, J.)

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