Coleman v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.

The first of these actions is brought by a minor, to recover for personal injuries received by him while alighting from one of the defendant’s cars; the second is by his father to recover for medical and other expenses incurred on account of such injuries.

The plaintiff in the first case (hereinafter referred to as the plaintiff), accompanied by his mother, was in the act of alighting from one of the defendant’s cars when his shoe became caught» between the tread of the lower step and the riser between that step and the one next above, throwing him to the ground and breaking his leg. There was…