Legal Opinion
Ada M. Reece and Charles Reece v. Capital Transit Company, a Corporation, Capital Transit Company, a Corporation v. Ada M. Reece and Charles Reece
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided March 1, 1956No. 12762, 12763PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Per curiam
Ada M. Reece was injured in alighting from a Capital Transit bus, which had.stopped two or three feet from the curb at a point where melting snow had formed a puddle of water some 18 inches wide between the bus stop and the curb. It was daylight. Passengers- ahead of Mrs. Reece reached the sidewalk safely, but she fell as she attempted to go from, the bus to the curb.
The injured woman and her husband sued the Capital Transit Company and a jury returned verdicts in their favor. The transit company’s motion for a new trial was denied and it appeals, No. 12,-763. But on its alternative motion,…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Mrs. Ethel Burns (Wiggins) Marshall v. Capital Transit CompanyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1954
- Kieffer v. Capital Transit Co.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1954
- Mary D. Swank v. Capital Transit Company, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1955
3Cited by10 opinions
- The Pennsylvania Railroad Company v. Robert Livingston Pomeroy, of the Estate of Elizabeth Eagan PomeroyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1957
- Bess O'Melveny MacMaugh v. Mrs. David BaldwinCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1956
- Logsdon v. BakerCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1975
- Courtney v. Giant Food, Inc.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1966
- Ruffin v. Trans-Lux TheatreDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1959
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