Legal Opinion
Levy v. D. C. Transit System, Inc.
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided November 3, 1961No. 2797PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOOD, Associate Judge.
Appellant sued the Transit System, alleging she was a passenger on one of its buses and was injured when she was thrown from her seat to the floor of the bus by reason of the “negligent and careless operation of such bus.”
At trial appellant testified that the bus, after stopping at an intersection, pulled out into the intersecting street “in a fast turn, turning on almost two wheels,” and that because of the “violent, severe nature in which the operator turned the bus” she was thrown off the seat. Another passenger testified that the bus made “a very fast turn” and she…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Sweeney v. ErvingSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
- Washington Loan & Trust Co. v. HickeyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1943
- Meadow Gold Products Co., a Corporation v. Harry W. WrightCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1960
- Robert Livingston Pomeroy, Estate of Elizabeth Eagan Pomeroy v. Pennsylvania Railroad, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1955
- Gray v. Baltimore & OR Co.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1928
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3Cited by15 opinions
- Stewart v. Ford Motor Co.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1977
- Quin v. George Washington UniversityDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1979
- Pyne v. Jamaica Nutrition Holdings Ltd.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1985
- Bell v. Westinghouse Electric Corp.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1984
- Otis Elevator Co. v. HendersonDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1986
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