Anderson v. Yellow Cab Co.

The jury, among other things, was instructed as to the degree of care required by the defendant in the operation of its cab at the time and place in question as follows:

“The duty which the defendant, as a common carrier, owes to a passenger requires the defendant’s employees, for the safety of its passengers, in the operation of its cars to exercise the highest degree of care reasonably to be expected from human vigilance and foresight in view of the mode and character of the conveyance adopted and consistent with the practical prosecution of its business.”

To this instruction defendant duly…