Frawley v. New York, Ontario & Western Railway Co.
New York County Courts
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the City Court of the city of Fulton, entered upon a verdict in favor of the plaintiff and from an order denying the motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the CourtCoville, J.
The plaintiff has recovered a judgment for injuries sustained by her while alighting from defendant’s passenger coach in the city o.f Fulton. The evidence introduced in her behalf tended to establish the fact that a lever used in operating a coupling was bent or misplaced so that it projected between the steps of the car and that while the plaintiff was alighting from the car after it had fully stopped her shirt caught upon the end of this lever throwing her to the ground and causing the injuries for which recovery was had in this action.
No question is raised as to the submission of the…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Martin v. Second Avenue RailroadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1896
- Ward v. International Railway Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1912
- Broadbent v. New York Evening Journal Publishing Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1911