O'Brien v. Public Service Taxi Co.

KALODNER, Circuit Judge.

In this action, the plaintiff seeks redress for injuries alleged to have been sustained while he was riding in a taxicab owned by the defendant and operated by one of its employees. The jury returned a verdict in his favor, upon which judgment was en tered, and the District Judge denied the defendant’s alternative motions for a new trial or for judgment notwithstanding the verdict. 83 F.Supp. 55.

It should be stated that federal jurisdiction exists here through the diversity of citizenship of the parties, and, since all the events relevant to the action occurred in…