Baumgarten v. Tasco

This case is an action for damages for personal injuries alleged to have resulted while plaintiff was riding as a passenger in a taxicab owned by defendant Joseph Tasco and operated by defendant Sam Heller.

The declaration alleges that on November 5, 1941, at or about the hour of 7 p.m., plaintiff became a paid passenger in the above-mentioned taxicab; that as she entered the cab she sat in the left rear seat; that the cab started up with tremendous speed and almost crashed into an automobile in front of it; and that defendant Heller suddenly and forcibly applied the brakes causing an…