Ligonier Valley Rail Road Newspaper Articles
We have compiled over 1,400 newspaper articles that mention the Ligonier Valley Railroad, or related subjects. The articles were originally published starting in 1873 and our collection runs through 1995. Enjoy!
Democrat
February 18, 1914
Ligonier Suit For Damages On Trail, Monday
The Damage Suit of Dr. J. B. Johnson Against the Ligonier Valley Railroad Company for Injuries Suffered in the Wreck on the Wilpen Branch July 5th, 1912, on Trial
When Court of Common Pleas adjourned Monday, the personal damage suit of Dr. J.
B. Johnson against the Ligonier Valley Railroad was on trial before Judge A. D.
McConnell; the . . . .
Injured in Wreck
The suit of Dr. Johnson against the Ligonier Valley railroad grows out of the wreck on the Wilpen branch, July 5, 1912, in which more than a score were killed and about that
number injured. Dr. Johnson is a practicing physician in Ligonier and was a passenger on the ill-fated train when a heavy freight train ran into the passenger coach smashing the coach into kindling wood.
Dr. Johnson claims that he was permanently injured in the accident and asks heavy
damages from the railroad company. His testimony was, that since the accident his hearing has been impaired, and that he is suffering from internal injuries. Other physicians were called who told of the extent of the physician's injuries. Dr. Johnson said that he had been practicing medicine in Ligonier for 10 years and that by reason of the injuries he has been unable to look after his practice.
Charles Kuhn, who was conductor on the passenger train at the time of the wreck, was a witness for the plaintiff. His story was, that he received no orders to wait at Ligonier until after a freight passed before going toward Wilpen from either George Senft or Russell Minnich. There are several other suits listed for trail at this term, growing out of the Ligonier wreck.
From the testimony introduced by the attorneys for the plaintiff, it developed that effort will be made to claim punitive damages from the Ligonier company, on the ground that it was guilty of criminal negligence in the manner in which it ran the railroad at the time of the wreck. Eicher & Eicher represent the plaintiff and Moorhead & Smith and Robbins & Wyant the defendant.