Legal Opinion
Klenk v. Capital Transit Company
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided March 5, 1958No. 2082PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROVER, Chief Judge.
The granting of a motion made at pretrial to dismiss a complaint alleging the negligent operation of defendant’s streetcar is the basis for this appeal.
Suit was brought by plaintiffs Etta Klenk and her husband for personal injuries allegedly sustained by Mrs. Klenk while riding as a passenger on defendant’s streetcar. According to the complaint and Mrs. Klenk’s deposition taken by defendant and presumably considered at pre-trial, the plaintiff was thrown to the floor as she walked toward a vacant seat just after boarding the streetcar. Describing the accident in her…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Murphy v. Steeplechase Amusement Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1929
- Callaway v. Hamilton Nat. Bank of WashingtonCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1952
- Kaufman v. Baltimore Transit Co.Court of Appeals of Maryland · 1975
- Hall v. Field Enterprises, Inc.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1953
- Wiggins v. Capital Transit CompanyDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1956
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3Cited by5 opinions
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- Dawson v. DrazinDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1966
- Molitch v. Baltimore & Ohio RailroadDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1961
- Perlin v. Henley-Cohn, No. Cv96-0385895s (Jul. 24, 1997)Connecticut Superior Court · 1997