Redington v. Harrisburg Traction Co.

Citations

• 210 Pa. 648
• 60 A. 305
• 1905 Pa. LEXIS 361

Syllabus

<p>Negligence—Street railways—Passenger—Getting on car—Starling car— Duty of conductor.</p> <p>On a single-track street railway it is the duty of a conductor before giving the signal to start the car, to look on both sides of the rear platform to see if passengers are about to enter the car. If he fails to do so, and a passenger is injured by a premature start of the car, the company 'will be liable.</p> <p>In an action of trespass against a street railway company to recover damages for personal injuries received by a woman while attempting to enter a car, it appeared that the car had stopped at a street crossing to allow another passenger, who had signaled from the upper side of the street, to get on. After she was safely on, the car was started in the usual manner. The railway was a single track, and the rear .platform of the car was open to receive passengers from both sides. The plaintiff and her sister were upon the other side, waiting to enter. They did not signal for the car to stop, but it did stop for the passenger upon the opposite side of the car, and the plaintiff assumed that she could enter from the side upon which she was standing, and while in the act of mounting the steps the car was started and she was thrown to the ground. Held, that the case was for the jury, and that a judgment on a verdict for plaintiff should be sustained.</p>