Rearick v. Manzella

CROSS, Judge.

Defendant taxicab fleet operator appeals from a jury verdict and judgment awarding plaintiff the sum of $2500.00 as damages for personal injuries.

The circumstances giving rise to the suit are as follows: Plaintiff was a passenger riding on the right side of the rear seat in a taxicab owned by defendant and operated by his employee driver. Plaintiff testified that when the cab reached its destination she undertook to get out of it. She paid the driver while she was still in the cab and then opened the (right) door and stepped out into the gutter. After remarking that she was dizzy…