Legal Opinion

Lewis v. Duquesne Inclined Plane Co.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided October 2, 1942No. Appeal, 113PublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Pee Curiam,

Anything said of this appeal, which was taken from the refusal of the learned lower court to take off a compulsory non-suit, is purely repetitious. If there is anything settled in the law of negligence in Pennsylvania, it is the duty of a person to look where he is walking and see that which is obvious.

This action in trespass was brought to recover compensation for injuries sustained by the wife plaintiff while she was leaving an inclined plane car of the defendant company. On the clear afternoon of April 16, 1938, at about 4 o’clock, she fell as she was leaving the car which had…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Mammana v. Easton National BankSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1940
  2. Hellriegel v. Kaufmann & Baer Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1939
  3. Mulford v. Phila. Rapid Transit Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1932

3Cited by14 opinions

  1. Bartek v. GrossmanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1947
  2. Nieman v. JacobsArizona Supreme Court · 1959
  3. Hoss Et Vir v. Nestor B. and L. Assn.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1948
  4. Villano v. Security Savings Ass'nSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1979
  5. Stewart Et Vir v. PittsburghSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1945

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