Spiller v. Metropolitan Transit Authority

The only questions presented are whether, in the circumstances now to be stated, there were errors of law in the denial of the plaintiff’s motion for a new trial and the denial of certain requests relating to the motion.

At the trial it was not disputed that the plaintiff, a passenger for hire on a streetcar operated by the defendant, a common carrier, sustained injuries from the sudden stopping of the streetcar on Beacon Street, Brookline, on December 7, 1960. On behalf of the plaintiff there was “evidence of the firmness with which the plaintiff . . . was standing, of her firm grasp upon the…