Flanagan v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Tort for personal injuries sustained on December 29,1911, when the plaintiff was seventy-eight years of age, from, being thrown backward against the dasher of a box car of the defendant, as she was in the act of stepping into the body of the car from its platform, by the sudden starting of the car with a heavy jolt due to the alleged negligence of the defendant’s servants.
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Tort for personal injuries sustained on December 29,1911, when the plaintiff was seventy-eight years of age, from, being thrown backward against the dasher of a box car of the defendant, as she was in the act of stepping into the body of the car from its platform, by the sudden starting of the car with a heavy jolt due to the alleged negligence of the defendant’s servants. Writ dated February 12, 1912. In the Superior Court the case was tried before Raymond, J. At the close of the evidence, the substance of which is described in the opinion, the defendant asked the judge to order a verdict…
1Opinion of the CourtDe Courcy, J.
There was evidence of physical effects upon the plaintiff from which the jury could infer negligence on the part of the motorman in the way he started the car. According to the plaintiff’s testimony her right foot was securely on the platform and she had a firm grasp on the side of the door “ or the doorway ” with her right hand, when the car started with an unusually heavy jolt which broke her hold and threw her backward with such force that her head struck against the dasher and the contents of her coat pockets were thrown out on the platform of the car. Work v. Boston Elevated Railway, 207…
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