Sanders v. Hudson & Manhattan Railroad

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Perskie, J.

Plaintiff sued to recover for personal injuries sustained while a passenger in one of defendant’s trains operating between New York City and Journal Square station at Jersey City, New Jersey. When the train stopped at the Journal Square station plaintiff walked to a regular door provided for the entrance and exit of passengers. The door opened “about a foot” and then remained open for about “a second or two.” The door apparently stuck, and desiring to make her exit plaintiff pushed the door open wider “when all of a sudden” the door “slammed…