Thomas v. Hudson Manhattan R.R. Co.

This appeal brings up for review a judgment entered for the plaintiff on a jury verdict rendered in the Hudson County District Court. The sole question presented for review is: "Was the verdict of the jury against the weight of the evidence?"

The plaintiff claims to have suffered personal injuries in alighting from the defendant's train after it had come to a stop at the Cortlandt Street Station. Plaintiff testified she was the last person to leave the car getting off from the rear platform for the first car, and while she was doing so the door was closed catching her dress and causing her leg…