Stewart v. Pittsburg, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co.

Citations

• 50 Pa. Super. 588
• 1912 Pa. Super. LEXIS 99

Syllabus

<p>Negligence — Railroads—Explosion of naphtha — Proximate and remote cause — Case for jury.</p> <p>A woman who was injured in her own house by an explosion of naphtha on the premises of a railroad company 400 feet away from her home, may recover damages from the railroad company, if it appears that the accident was due to the negligence of the company, and that the general explosion and its separated results were directly traceable to the original cause. In such a case it is immaterial whether the force that was directly applied to the injured woman was communicated to her through the earth tremor, or from the violent air waves deflected by a neighboring building.</p>