McDermott v. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co.
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Milwaukee County. This action was brought for the recovery of damages for ,personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff while descending from a train of the defendant company on which the said plaintiff was a passenger, at its station in Milwaukee, caused, as alleged, by the negligence of the defendanthn not providing safe or suitable appliances or means for the descent of passengers at its regular passenger station at that city, and the…
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APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Milwaukee County. This action was brought for the recovery of damages for ,personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff while descending from a train of the defendant company on which the said plaintiff was a passenger, at its station in Milwaukee, caused, as alleged, by the negligence of the defendanthn not providing safe or suitable appliances or means for the descent of passengers at its regular passenger station at that city, and the failure to render her personal assistance in alighting. The answer, admitting that defendant was a common carrier of…
1Opinion of the CourtPinney, J.
It is the duty of a common carrier of passengers to provide and maintain safe alighting places, and it must respond in damages to a passenger who, without contributory fault on his part, is injured by a negligent failure to perform this duty. It is the duty of the railway carrier to make it safe for its passengers to leave its cars, and in the case of female passengers, at least, they have a right to expect aid or assistance from the brakeman or some other employee of the company to assist them in alighting. Delamatyr v. M. & P. du C. R. Co. 24 Wis. 518; Patten v. C. & N. W. R. Co. 32 Wis.…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Jeffersonville, Madison, & Indianapolis R. R. v. HendricksIndiana Supreme Court · 1872
- Louisville, New Albany & Chicago Railway Co. v. LucasIndiana Supreme Court · 1889
- Patter v. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1873
- Cartwright v. Chicago & Grand Trunk Railway Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1884
- Vivian v. OtisWisconsin Supreme Court · 1869
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- Smith v. Chicago & North Western Railway Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1945
- Wolf v. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1907
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