Legal Opinion
Coyle v. Worcester Consolidated Street Railway Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided December 11, 1930PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtRugg, C.J.
This is an action of tort to recover compensation for injuries alleged to have been sustained by the plaintiff, while attempting as a passenger to board a bus of the defendant, through the negligence of its operator. Several members of the plaintiff’s family had already stepped into the body of the bus. She was the last of her party to attempt to get on. The plaintiff testified that she had one foot on the step of the bus and one foot on the ground; that there was a rod on which she put her hand and she was attempting to get herself on the bus; that she was not very quick because it was hard…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Sullivan v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1916
- Haun v. LeGrandMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1929
- Goodell v. SviokclaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1928
- Weiner v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1928
- Franz v. Holyoke Street Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1921
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Keenan v. E. M. Loew's, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1939
- Crowley v. FisherMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1933
- Nicholas v. Lewis Furniture Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1935
- Marquandt v. Boston Young Women's Christian Ass'nMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1933
- Fitzgerald v. McClymontMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1943
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