Bergman v. Brooklyn & Queens Transit Corp.

Lewis (David C.), J.

As a trolley car nears Hart street, an elderly lady leaves her seat, approaches within four feet of the motorman, and informs him she wants to get off at the next corner (Hart street). She stands there holding onto an iron upright with her right hand and waiting for the car to reach her corner and stop. The car passes Hart street. She again tells the motorman “ I want to get off at Hart street,” and then, after he has passed Hart street, he stops the car “ suddenly ” with a “ terrific jerk.” The force and the abruptness of the stop is registered in the consequences: it…