Hall v. Bessemer & Lake Erie Railroad

Citations

• 36 Pa. Super. 556
• 1908 Pa. Super. LEXIS 203

Syllabus

<p>Negligence — Railroads—Unlighted platform — Passenger.</p> <p>When a passenger has alighted from a train the relation of passenger and carrier remains until he has left the premises of the carrier.</p> <p>Platforms of a railroad station should at night be reasonably lighted for a sufficient time before and after the arrival of trains to enable passengers to avoid danger. •</p> <p>In an action by a passenger against a railroad company to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by falling over a piece of baggage while proceeding across a station platform from a train to a street, the case is for the jury, and a verdict and judgment will be sustained where the evidence tends to show that the three platform lamps were not lighted, that the only light on the platform was that which emanated from a light within the station, that the night was dark, and that if the platform had been properly lighted, the accident would not have occurred.</p>