Curfman v. Monongahela West Penn Public Service Co.

Woods, Judge:

Plaintiff, an unmarried woman forty-four years of age, obtained a judgment against defendant company for personal injuries alleged to have been received by reason of the collision of the interurban car in which she was riding, with the rear end of the car immediately ahead.

The negligence declared on was that the motorman of the rear car operated the same at such a rapid rate of speed and in such close proximity of the car preceding it, that by reason thereof he was not in a position to avoid a collision after the operator of the leading car had been compelled to make an emergency…