Van Note v. Philadelphia Transportation Co.

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Patterson,

Leon Van Note, appellant, instituted this action in trespass against Philadelphia Transportation Company, appellee, to recover for personal injuries sustained when a trolley car owned and operated by appellee continued through a red traffic signal, crossed an intersection, and struck appellant. A jury returned a verdict in favor of appellant. The court below granted appellee’s motion for judgment non obstante veredicto and, for that reason, refused its motion for a new trial. This appeal followed.

On April 12,1944, at 10:30 P. Ml, appellant alighted from a…