Rice v. Puget Sound Traction, Light & Power Co.

Citations

• 80 Wash. 47
• 141 P. 191
• 1914 Wash. LEXIS 1258

Syllabus

<p>Carriers—Injuries to Passengers—Taking on Disabled Passengers—Sudden Stops—Proximate Cause. Where a street car was started before a passenger, walking with crutches, had time to get a seat, and he was thrown to the floor by an emergency stop which was necessary to avoid injury to a person on the crossing, the starting of the car before the passenger was seated was the proximate cause of his injury.</p> <p>Same—Taking on Disabled Passengers-—Sudden Stops—Negligence—Question for Jury. The negligence of a street railway company in starting a car before a passenger, walking with crutches, could take a seat, is for the jury, where he was thrown to the floor by an emergency stop to avoid injury to a person on a crowded city crossing.</p> <p>Damages—Personal Injuries—Excessive Verdict. A verdict for $4,000 for injuries to a disabled knee, twice previously injured and already in a chronic tubercular condition, is excessive, and should be reduced to $2,500.</p>