Blatnikoff v. Detroit United Railway

On the morning of May 11, 1914, plaintiff alighted from the rear exit of one of defendant’s south-bound street cars on Woodward avenue at a point north of its intersection with Larned street, in the city of Detroit, and, walking immediately eastward at the rear of that car upon the closely adjacent parallel track, was struck by a passing north-bound car. The car threw him to one side and its wheels did not run over him, but in the accident he suffered an open wound upon his knee which became infected, resulting in abscesses and stiffening of the joint. His physician testified this condition…