Riester v. Philadelphia Transportation Co.

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Linn,

In this personal injury action the defendant complains of a $25,000-judgment; Liability was admitted; the question for the jury was the amount to be awarded. The jury rendered a verdict of $65,000, which by remittitur was reduced to $25,000.

On November 5, 1946, the plaintiff, aged about 48, was walking along the sidewalk on Front street at or near the northeast corner of Front and Jasper streets, Philadelphia, when one of defendant’s street cars left the rails in the street, dashed across the sidewalk and crushed plaintiff through the plate glass show window of a…