Schwanenfeldt v. Metropolitan Street Ry. Co.

Suit by a husband for loss of his wife’s services and for medical expense resulting from injuries alleged to have been inflicted upon her by defendant’s negligence. The wife, in company with a number of women friends, was a passenger on a street car. Upon its stopping at the place where they desired to alight, the women arose and stepped into the aisle on their way to the door. At this moment the car, without warning) suddenly moved forward with a jerk throwing plaintiff’s wife, a heavy, middle aged woman, headlong to the floor.

A trial resulted in a verdict and judgment for plaintiff, and…