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Case history

The Erie case involved an incident that took place in the early hours of July 27, 1934, in Hughestown, Pennsylvania. Local resident Harry Tompkins was walking home in the darkness on a pathway that ran alongside a railroad track. A friend had driven him to within a few blocks of his home, and Tompkins chose to walk the rest of the way. An oncoming train approached and, as it passed, an object protruding from one of the train cars—said to be an unlatched door—hit Tompkins and knocked him to the ground. He landed on the railroad tracks, and the train's wheels crushed his right arm beyond repair. An ambulance took him to a local hospital, where doctors amputated most of his arm.