Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern Railway Co. v. Slanker

Appellee recovered a judgment in the city court of East St. Louis, against appellant, for a personal injury which she received while a passenger on the appellant’s train. It was among other things alleged in the declaration, that whilst the cars of the defendant were stopped at the Belay station to enable the plaintiff and other passengers to alight, and before the plaintiff had reasonable time and opportunity to alight in safety from said cars, the defendant negligently caused said cars to be started forward with a sudden jerk, whereby the plaintiff was thrown from the train to the ground…