Heath v. Seattle Taxicab Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Tallman, J., entered March 16, 1912, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiff for $4,500, for personal injuries sustained by a pedestrian struck by a taxicab.
1Opinion of the CourtEllis, J.
This is an action to recover damages for personal injuries, claimed to have been suffered by the plaintiff by being struck by a taxicab belonging to the defendant, through the negligence of defendant’s driver. The substance of the plaintiff’s testimony was as follows: On February 11, 1911, the plaintiff was acting as a police officer of the city of Seattle. His hours were from 8 p. m. until 4 a. m., and his territory included Fremont, a suburb of Seattle. About S o’clock in the morning of . that day, he saw a taxicab approaching Fremont from the south on Westlake avenue at a very high rate of…
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