Pennsylvania R. Co. v. Ackerson

ALLEN, Circuit Judge.

This appeal arises out of an automobile accident which occurred at the Gibson Street crossing of the appellant (hereininafter called the railroad) in the city of Kalamazoo, Michigan, on December 12, 1947. Appellee, sole occupant of the car, was seriously injured and brought this action against the railroad. The jury returned a verdict in her favor, and this appeal attacks the judgment rendered on the verdict.

The accident occurred about eight o’clock ■on a clear cold morning. The streets were icy. At Gibson Street, which runs east and west, the railroad has a multiple…