Legal Opinion
Crusade v. Capital Transit Co.
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided January 31, 1949No. 737PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOOD, Associate Judge.
Plaintiff was a passenger on one of defendant’s street cars and slipped or fell on the steps of the car as he was leaving it. This action was for damages for personal injuries sustained by the fall. The jury returned a verdict for plaintiff for $2,000, *879but on motion of defendant the trial court set aside the verdict and ordered judgment for defendant. Plaintiff has appealed.
The only issue of negligence developed at the trial related to whether defendant failed to have the car and the steps properly lighted. The accident occurred at night and plaintiff testified that as…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Montgomery Ward & Co. v. DuncanSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Shewmaker v. Capital Transit Co.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1944
- Pessagno v. Euclid Inv. Co.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1940
- Tobin v. Pennsylvania R. Co.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1938
- Bartron v. Northampton CountySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1941
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Rich v. District of ColumbiaDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1979
- Reading v. FauconDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1957
- Cox v. Pennsylvania Railroad CompanyDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1956
- D. C. Transit System, Inc. v. SmithDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1961
- Ackerhalt v. SmithDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1958
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