Dry Dock, E. B. & B. R. Co. v. Petkunas
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of New York. Action by Mary Petkunas against the Dry Dock, East Broadway & Battery Railroad Company. From an order setting aside a verdict for plaintiff and granting a new trial, defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
MANTON, Circuit Judge.
The defendant in error, hereinafter called the plaintiff, was injured while a passenger on a car of the defendant (plaintiff in error) on the 6th of May, 1916. The car on which she rode was referred to as a “red” car. It was the color of all the cars operated by the defendant. The defendant’s car collided with another car owned by another railway company, on the Williams-burgh Bridge, crossing the East River, and as a result of this collision the plaintiff says she sustained injuries causing her pain and suffering, mental distress, and necessitated her incurring sums of…
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