Conley v. Town Taxi, Inc.

The plaintiff received an injury while riding as a passenger for hire in a taxicab owned by the defendant and operated by one of its employees. The plaintiff testified that when the vehicle reached a point near his destination, it “stopped with a sudden ierk. a violent jerk, put on the brakes with a sudden jerk, a violent jerk and that he was thrown forward and struck the frame, and broke his nose *. . . and the~contact . . . bruised his nose.” *131Subject to an exception by the defendant, the plaintiff was asked on direct examination: “Did you ever observe any taxicabs that you had ridden in…