Legal Opinion
Mrs. Ethel Burns (Wiggins) Marshall v. Capital Transit Company
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided November 10, 1954No. 12110PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Per curiam
The question is whether the Transit Company is liable in damages for injuries sustained by a passenger who fell in alighting from a bus which had stopped thirty inches from the curb, where there was no unusual hazard in the street but where there was an incline toward the curb for drainage purposes, substantially similar to the slope of street surfaces throughout the District.
The District Court correctly answered the question in the negative. Kieffer v. Capital Transit Co., 1954, 94 U.S.App.D.C. -, 214 F.2d 241; Hoffman v. Philadelphia Transportation Co., 1952, 369 Pa. 212, 85 A.2d 144; Greco…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Hoffman v. Philadelphia Transportation Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1952
- Greco v. Public Service Interstate Transportation Co.Supreme Court of New Jersey · 1947
- Meelhein v. Public Service Co-Ordinated TransportSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1938
- Kieffer v. Capital Transit Co.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1954
3Cited by10 opinions
- Mike J. Morfessis v. Norman Baum and Lois SchenkCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1960
- Haynes v. Alverno Heights HospitalSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1973
- Ada M. Reece and Charles Reece v. Capital Transit Company, a Corporation, Capital Transit Company, a Corporation v. Ada M. Reece and Charles ReeceCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1956
- GOLDEN COMMISSARY CORPORATION v. ShipleyDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1960
- Sullivan v. Yellow Cab CompanyDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1965
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