Reimard v. Bloomsburg & Sullivan Railroad
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 394, Jan. T., 1909, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Columbia Co., Sept. T., 1908, No. 372, on verdict for plaintiffs in case of Howard R. Reimard and Cora A. Reimard v. Blooms-burg & Sullivan Railroad Company. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before Evans, P. J. Plaintiff had her knee injured by tripping and falling while walking on a railroad track. The circumstances preceding the accident appear in the opinion of the Supreme Court.
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Appeal, No. 394, Jan. T., 1909, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Columbia Co., Sept. T., 1908, No. 372, on verdict for plaintiffs in case of Howard R. Reimard and Cora A. Reimard v. Blooms-burg & Sullivan Railroad Company. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before Evans, P. J. Plaintiff had her knee injured by tripping and falling while walking on a railroad track. The circumstances preceding the accident appear in the opinion of the Supreme Court. Verdict and judgment for Cora A. Reimard for $2,000 and for Howard R. Reimard for $500. Defendant appealed. Errors assigned…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Brown,
The main contention of the appellant is that the negligence of the passenger after leaving its train is a bar to recovery for the injuries she sustained. A mere recital of the facts testified to by her and other witnesses will be a sufficient vindication of the correctness of the judgment of the court below that it was for the jury to determine whether her own negligence had been a contributing cause of her injuries.
Cora A. Reimard and her two children, aged six and eight years respectively, boarded a train of the defendant between six and seven o’clock on the…
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