Austin v. Washington Water Power Co.

Citations

• 68 Wash. 508
• 123 P. 775
• 1912 Wash. LEXIS 1323

Syllabus

<p>Carriers — Injuries to Passengers — Negligence—Speed at Curves —Cause of Accident — Evidence—Question foe Jury. In an action by a passenger, who rode standing at the rear of a crowded street car vestibule containing fifteen or more persons, for injuries sustained by being thrown bade against the controller when the car rounded a curve at an excessive speed, the fact that under the natural laws of falling bodies, inanimate objects would be thrown to the side and not bach, does not preclude a recovery, but the question is for the jury; since it was not impossible that on rounding a curve at an excessive speed, the crowded passengers in efforts to regain equilibrium, should surge bach upon the plaintiff in the direction claimed.</p>