Guckavan v. Lehigh Traction Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 385, Jan. T., 1901, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Luzerne County, May T., 1898, No. 116, on verdict for plaintiff in case of William Guckavan and Maria Guckavan v. Lehigh Traction Company. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before Lynch, P. J. At the trial it appeared that in August, 1897, plaintiff was a passenger on one of defendant’s cars which was derailed.
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Appeal, No. 385, Jan. T., 1901, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Luzerne County, May T., 1898, No. 116, on verdict for plaintiff in case of William Guckavan and Maria Guckavan v. Lehigh Traction Company. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before Lynch, P. J. At the trial it appeared that in August, 1897, plaintiff was a passenger on one of defendant’s cars which was derailed. Plaintiff testified that she was thrown from the car and suffered injuries to her spine. Several witnesses testified to the serious character of her injuries. Dr. James MacKellar, a witness for the…
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Opinion by
Mr. Justice Bbown,
The refusal of the court below to affirm defendant’s first point is the subject of the sixth assignment of error. The reason given by the defendant for asking for binding instructions in its favor was, that the plaintiff had not shown that the injuries of which she complained had resulted from her fall from the car. The plaintiff testified that, in the derailment of the car, *524she was thrown from it, and the jury were fully justified in believing this statement. Prior to the accident she was a healthy woman — a healthy, able-bodied woman — but ever since, according…
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