Reardon v. Philadelphia Rapid Transit Co.

Citations

• 43 Pa. Super. 344
• 1910 Pa. Super. LEXIS 51

Syllabus

<p>Negligence — Street railways — Passengers—Fright.</p> <p>1. The rule that a plaintiff in a negligence case cannot recover damages on account of fright alone or the consequences of it, applies in an action by a passenger against a street railway company or other common carrier.</p> <p>2. In an action against a street railway company by a woman passenger to recover for injuries alleged to have been sustained in a collision, where the plaintiff testifies that she became unconscious at the time of the collision, and that thereafter she suffered nervousness and pains in her head, there is no case for the jury, unless the plaintiff further shows that the conditions from which she suffered were caused wholly or partly by physical violence.-</p>