Riley v. Connecticut Co.

The only errors assigned upon this appeal are the court’s failure to charge the jury, first, on the rule of due care resting upon the defendant’s motorman when confronted by a sudden emergency, and second, on the rule of due care resting upon him as affected by his right to assume that the operators of other vehicles upon the highway would exercise reasonable care.

The following facts are undisputed. On January 4, 1941, the plaintiff was a passenger for hire on a trolley car of the defendant. As the car proceeded south on Main Street in Hartford approaching the intersection of Buckingham…