Winter v. Mahoning & Shenango Railway & Light Co.

Citations

• 61 Pa. Super. 440
• 1915 Pa. Super. LEXIS 348

Syllabus

<p>Negligence — Street railways ■ — ■ Grossing tracks — Pedestrian — Measure of duty.</p> <p>A pedestrian desiring to cross a city street is not prohibited by law or reason from doing so merely because a car is approaching at some distance ¿way, although plainly in sight; but in making the crossing he must exercise such judgment and care as a reasonably prudent person would use under the circumstances. If he starts across the street with a car in full sight, but after one look, pays no further attention to it, and goes upon the tracks without any observation as to the position of the car, or its speed, or its distance from him, and is struck and injured, he cannot recover for his injury.</p>