Coney Island Co., Inc. v. Brown

Opinion op the Court by

Stanley, Commissioner—

Reversing.

This is a novel case. The appellee, Mrs. Frances Brown, recovered a judgment for $1,000 for personal injuries sustained by the alleged sudden, unusual and violent jerk or lurch of a river steamboat as it pulled out from the wharf.

On a clear, calm afternoon of September 3, 1938, Mrs. Brown, who was about 70 years of age, accompanied by several members of her family, boarded the “Island Queen” at Cincinnati for an excursion trip up the Ohio River. According to the evidence introduced by the plaintiff, the boat started when the party had…