Jackson v. Yellow Cab Company

A pedestrian’s hand and wrist came in contact with the rear door of a taxi while she was standing on the concrete island in the middle of North Avenue, where she had taken refuge at the changing of the traffic light as she was crossing the street. The jury returned a verdict for the owner of the taxi (in a previous trial the jury could not agree) and, in her appeal, the pedestrian urges that the trial judge erred in not instructing the jury that since she had embarked on her journey in the crosswalk on a green light, her right of way continued until she had reached the far side of the street.

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