Fishleigh v. Detroit United Railway

Plaintiff brings this action to recover damages for personal injuries received by her in an accident occasioned by the collision of two street cars owned and operated by and on defendant’s system in the city of Detroit, on the evening of February 14, 1916. When the cars collided plaintiff was thrown forward, her knee or knees striking the seat in front; upon the recoil she struck the back of the seat, which broke, either as the result of her body striking against it or from others falling upon it, the car being crowded, and she was struck by the broken seat or a piece thereof, an iron rod…