Coogan v. Interborough Rapid Transit Co.
Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment in favor of the plaintiff, rendered in the Municipal Court of the city of New York, first district, borough of Manhattan.
1Opinion of the CourtDavis, J.
The defendant appeals from a judgment for $350 and costs in favor of the plaintiff, rendered in the Municipal Court after a trial without a jury. The action was brought to recover $500 as damages for personal injuries. The plaintiff is a young woman eighteen years of age. On the 29th of April, 1905, at about eleven p. m., while getting on a north bound subway train at the Times Square station, she fell between the platform and the car and was there suspended by her waist for a minute. She was extricated and boarded the car to continue her journey. She testified that she was accompanied by her…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Ryan v. Manhattan Railway Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1890
- Langin v. Trustees of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1896
3Cited by2 opinions
- Woolsey v. Brooklyn Heights RailroadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1908
- Coogan v. Interborough Rapid Transit Co.Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · 1907