Case Name: LAURA WINGATE v. ATLANTIC & NORTH CAROLINA RAILROAD COMPANY, INCORPORATED
Court: Supreme Court of North Carolina
Jurisdiction: North Carolina
Decision Date: 1941-10-29
Citations: 220 N.C. 251
Docket Number: 
Parties: LAURA WINGATE v. ATLANTIC & NORTH CAROLINA RAILROAD COMPANY, INCORPORATED.
Judges: 
Reporter: North Carolina Reports
Volume: 220
Pages: 251–251

Head Matter:
LAURA WINGATE v. ATLANTIC & NORTH CAROLINA RAILROAD COMPANY, INCORPORATED.
(Filed 29 October, 1941.)
Carrier’s § Sic—
Tbe general rule is that a passenger who is injured while alighting from a moving train may not recover for such injury.
Appeal by plaintiff from Thompson, J., at February Term, 1941, of LeNOib.
Thos. J. White for plaintiff, appellant.
Allen & Allen for defendant, appellee.

Opinion:
Peb Oueiam.
Plaintiff's action was for damages for personal injury caused by a fall from defendant's train. She testified that when she stepped off the train the train was moving, and that caused her to fall. The general rule is that a passenger who is injured while alighting from a moving train may not recover for such injury. Stamey v. R. R., 208 N. C., 668, 182 S. E., 130. Upon the authority of this ease and the decisions there quoted, we conclude that the judgment of nonsuit was properly entered.
Affirmed.