Neumiller v. Acme Motor Car Co.

Citations

• 49 Pa. Super. 183
• 1912 Pa. Super. LEXIS 304

Syllabus

<p>Negligence — Automobiles—Negligence of chauffeur.</p> <p>1. A corporation which furnishes automobiles with chauffeurs for hire at a stipulated price per hour is liable in damages for personal injuries to the hirer, resulting from the negligence of the chauffeur.</p> <p>2. In an action by the hirer of an automobile against the owner to recover damages for personal injuries sustained through the alleged negligence of the chauffeur, the servant of the owner, the case is for the jury and a verdict and judgment for the plaintiff will be sustained where the evidence tended to show that the accident in clear daylight, on a broad highway over which the chauffeur had many choices of direction as well as full control of the speed of his car; that at the point of the accident there was a trolley track which extended three or four inches above the street level; that at the time of the accident the street was wet; that in going from one side of the street to the other, the course and speed of the car were such that the rear wheel caught or dragged causing the car to skid with such force that it struck the curb, ran into an overhanging limb of a tree, dismantled the car body by tearing the rear seat from the truck, and threw the occupants into the street.</p>