Cinquina v. Philadelphia Transportation Co.

Dissenting Opinion bt

Me. Justice Patterson:

It has long been the settled law of this Commonwealth that a pedestrian has an absolute duty to look for approaching trolley cars immediately before entering upon tlie car tracks and that failure to do so constitutes contributory negligence as a matter of law: Watson v. P. T. C., 356 Pa. 103, 106, 51 A. 2d 613. The fact that a pedestrian is proceeding under a favorable traffic signal does not relieve him of this duty. A green light at a traffic intersection offers but a qualified permission to proceed, and the pedestrian crossing in reliance upon it…