Doran v. Pittsburgh Railways Co.

Opinion by

Me. Chief Justice Schaffer,

Plaintiff was injured when the automobile he owned and was driving was struck on a public crossing by a two-car electric freight train operated by both defendants. The jury awarded plaintiff $30,000. The court entered judgment on the verdict. Defendants appeal.

Appellants raise the contention, in making the claim, that plaintiff was contributorily negligent and that judgment should be entered in their favor, that he left a place of safety and assumed a dangerous position on the tracks. We think, when the evidence is taken as a whole, and when thus focused…