Twersky v. Pennsylvania Railroad

Citations

• 261 Pa. 6
• 104 A. 63
• 1918 Pa. LEXIS 676

Syllabus

<p>Negligence — Railroad companies — ■Passengers alighting from trains — Fall—Contributory negligence.</p> <p>Where in an action to recover damages for personal injuries, it appeared that plaintiff had been a passenger on a railroad train which had come to a stop at a station; that the platform of the . car and the station platform were on the same level,'but that there was a space between to give sufficient clearance to the train when in motion; that while plaintiff was going from the car platform to the station platform, she stepped into the open space and fell, suffering the injuries complained of; but where it further appeared that she walked so close to the passenger in front of her that she was not able to see the open space had she looked for it; and where there was nothing to show that the person in front was detaining her or that there was pressure by those following her, and no reason suggested why she could not have increased the distance between herself and the passenger in front, she was clearly guilty of contributory negligence in failing to look where she was going, and the jury having found a verdict for plaintiff, the court should have entered judgment for defendant n. o. v.</p>