Crawford v. Reading Transit & Light Co.

Citations

• 273 Pa. 74
• 116 A. 542
• 1922 Pa. LEXIS 520

Syllabus

<p>Negligence — Street railways — Passenger—Alighting from car — < Sudden jar — Burden of proof — Nonsuit.</p> <p>1. A passenger on an electric car cannot recover damages for personal injuries sustained by being thrown down while stepping from the body of the ear to the platform, where her own testimony, taken in its most favorable light, fails to show a sudden jerk or an unusual and unexpected jolting or jumping of the car, or any action not incident to the usual and ordinary stopping of trolley cars.</p> <p>2. In such case the burden of proof is on plaintiff to show the action of the car was out of the ordinary, or unusual and extraordinary.</p>