Kramer v. Pittsburgh Railways Co.

Citations

• 247 Pa. 352
• 93 A. 461
• 1915 Pa. LEXIS 836

Syllabus

<p>Negligence — Street railways — Passengers—Collision—Fright — Personal injuries.</p> <p>In the trial of an action to recover damages for personal injuries sustained in collision, while plaintiff was a passenger on defendant’s trolley car, it was for the jury to determine whether plaintiff’s injuries arose solely from nervous, shock and fright, or from actual physical injury caused by the accident, where it appeared that there was a severe shock, plaintiff felt a disturbance of her internal organs at the time, followed by severe pain in various parts of her body, and two weeks afterwards her physician discovered discoloration on the surface of parts of her body and symptoms which indicated spinal injury.</p>