Faris v. Brooklyn City & Newtown Railroad
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal from trial term, Kings county. Action by Edwin L. Paris against the Brooklyn City & Newtown Railroad Company and another. From a judgment upon a verdict in favor of plaintiff and an order denying a new trial, the defendant railroad company appeals. Affirmed.
1Opinion of the CourtWillard Bartlett, J.
The plaintiff was injured while a passenger on the defendant’s railroad. He had just boarded an open car; which had stopped at the time, but which moved on immediately, so that, before he could get completely off the side step and into one of the cross‘aisles, his foot was brought into contact with a truck on the street, inflicting a severe bruise and other injuries, for which it is conceded that the verdict of $1,000 is not an excessive recovery. The plaintiff saw the truck, and gave warning of the danger to a friend, who was on the step further forward, and who *671got into the car in time to…
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