Monahan v. Pittsburgh Railways Co.

Opinion by

Kenworthey; J.,

Wife-plaintiff entered one of defendant’s street cars which started with a “sudden jolt” while she was standing still reaching for an upright pole. She was thrown on the floor, striking her back at the base of her spine, as a result of which she sustained a compression fracture of two vertebrae. There was no evidence of the effect of the action of the car on other passengers except that they became “excited” and two or three of them “bent over.” On the facts thus far stated, plaintiffs were not entitled to go to the jury. (See Coyle v. Pittsburgh Railways Company, 149…