Legal Opinion
Sullivan v. Yellow Cab Company
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided August 10, 1965No. 3729PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MYERS, Associate Judge.
This case involves an appeal from a judgment on a jury verdict in favor of ap-pellee Yellow Cab Company of the District of Columbia in a personal injury action brought by appellant Lillian J. Sullivan as executrix of the estate of Amy Putnam Lesher, deceased, under the Survival of Rights of Actions Act, 12 D.C.Code, 1961 § 101 (Supp. IV 1965).
A taxicab belonging to appellee was dispatched to pick up decedent (a 73-year-old woman) and appellant, her sister. Upon arrival, the driver parked his cab parallel to the curb, six to eighteen inches from it, where the two ladies…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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- L. & N. R. R. v. DyerCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1913
- General Motors Acceptance Corporation v. Edward B. FroelichCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1959
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