Beaudet v. Boston & Maine Railroad

How courts have described this case

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• finding that a common carrier is not an insurer of the safety of its passengers; its liability is based on negligence
• finding that a common carrier is not an insurer of the safety of its passengers; its liability is based on negligence
• “A common carrier of passengers for hire must use great caution to protect them consistent with the practical operation of the business.”
• “A common carrier of passengers for hire must use great caution to protect them consistent with the practical operation of the business.”
• common carrier is under no duty to furnish assistance to a passenger alighting, in the absence of any apparent necessity for such assistance

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).