Cincinnati Street Ry. Co. v. Mueller

OPINION

By ROSS, PJ.

If, under the facts stated, the defendant through its employees failed to exercise the highest degree of care which a prudent person would exercise under similar circumstances, then the jury was justified in its conclusion adverse to the defendant.

The carrier owes a duty not only to exercise the highest degree of care for the safety of its passengers while on the vehicle, but also the highest degree of care in providing a safe place for such passengers to alight from the vehicle. In the case of Railway & Light Co. v Leedy, 104 Oh St, 487, the court in its opinion at page…