Case Name: Dietrich, appellant v. The Community Traction Co., appellee
Court: Ohio Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 1964-12-29
Citations: 29 Ohio L.R. 68
Docket Number: 38623
Parties: Dietrich, appellant v. The Community Traction Co., appellee.
Judges: Griffith and Gibson, JJ., concur.
Reporter: The Ohio Law Reporter; a weekly journal published in the interest of the legal profession in the state of Ohio
Volume: 29
Pages: 68–69

Head Matter:
38623.
Dietrich, appellant v. The Community Traction Co., appellee.

Opinion:
Certified by the Court of Appeals for Lucas County.
Matthias, Judge.
1. A common carrier of passengers has a duty to exercise the highest degree of care to afford its passengers an opportunity to alight in a reasonably safe place.
2. A passenger is not discharged at a "reasonably safe place" merely because he is not injured in the very act of alighting.
3. A motorbus common carrier is liable for injuries proximately resulting from its negligence in faffing to afford a passenger an opportunity to alight in a reasonably safe place even though the passenger had alighted and had taken two or three steps before he was injured.
Judgment reversed and cause remanded.
Griffith and Gibson, JJ., concur.
Herbert J., concurs in the syllabus and judgment.
Taft, C. J., Zimmerman, O'Neill, JJ., concur in paragraphs two and three of the syllabus but dissent from the judgment.