Rothrock v. Lehigh Valley Transit Co.

Citations

• 260 Pa. 463
• 103 A. 918
• 1918 Pa. LEXIS 548

Syllabus

<p>Negligence — Street railways — Automobiles — Bight-angle collision — Excessive speed of street car — Failure to sound warning— Contributory negligence — Case for jury.</p> <p>In an action by the driver of an automobile against a street railway company to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by plaintiff in a right-angle collision with a street car at the intersection of two streets, the case was for the jury and a verdict and judgment for plaintiff will be sustained where it appeared that the trolley car approached the intersection at a speed of from 35 to 45 miles per hour, without giving warning of its approach; that plaintiff drove toward the tracks at a very slow speed; that he had a view along the track for 190 feet in the direction from which the car came, looked and saw nothing coming; and that when his automobile was so close to the track that he could not stop, he saw the car for the first time approaching at a great speed.</p>