Hoblit v. Minneapolis Street Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in tbe district court for Hennepin county to recover $25,000 for personal injuries sustained while alighting from defendant’s street car.
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Action in tbe district court for Hennepin county to recover $25,000 for personal injuries sustained while alighting from defendant’s street car. The negligence alleged in the complaint was that, while plaintiff was upon the platform and step of the car and about to step therefrom, the car was negligently caused to move; that defendant through its conductor failed to assist the plaintiff from the platform and started the car before she had stepped to the ground, and through its motorman so operated the various devices which controlled the motion of the car as to move it while plaintiff was in…
1Opinion of the CourtJaggard, J.
Plaintiff and appellant, a passenger on a car of defendant and respondent street railway company, rose from her seat when the car was approaching a certain corner, and walked to the back platform. The car stopped while the plaintiff was on that platform. Plaintiff introduced testimony tending to show that as the car stopped it lurched backward on an upgrade just as the gates were opened, whereby she was thrown from the car and injured. Witnesses for the defendant testified that no such lurching occurred after the car had stopped. Plaintiff was not offered nor given any assistance in.…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co. v. HadleyIndiana Court of Appeals · 1907
- Jarmy v. Duluth Street Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1893
3Cited by5 opinions
- Hill v. Minneapolis Street Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1910
- Fieve v. EmmeckSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1956
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- Skow v. Dahl Punctureless Tire Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1915
- Underdahl v. Minneapolis Street Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1935