Foreword to the Shady Grove Opinions
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Authors
Borchers, Patrick J.
Issue Date
2011
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44
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Journal Article
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FIRST PARAGRAPH(S)|In the early morning hours of July 27, 1934, Harry Tompkins - a 27-year-old metal worker who had been laid off in the depths of the Great Depression - was returning to his house in Hughestown, Pennsylvania. He had been visiting his mother-in-law's home several miles away. He had gotten an automobile ride that took him most of the way back. He was let out near a pathway that ran alongside the Erie Railroad's tracks that cut through Hughestown; the path led in the direction of Tompkins's house. Tompkins was walking west along the path as one of the Erie Railroad's freight trains approached him, headed east. Tompkins was close to the train as it passed, but was unafraid as he had walked the path before. Just as he was about to reach the point where he would turn onto another path leading away from the tracks, he saw a black object racing towards him. Tompkins later testified that it looked like an open door on one of the freight cars and he put his hands up to defend himself. When he awoke in the hospital he discovered that his right arm had been torn off...
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44 Creighton L. Rev. 1 (2010-2011)
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Creighton University School of Law