Assertion: plaintiff | /r/CapableOf | sustain back injury
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text: See, for example, City of Philadelphia vs. Philadelphia Transportation Company, 162 A.2d 222 (1960) [plaintiff police officer who had sustained a leg fracture but was back to work earning regular wage is entitled to charge on diminished earning capacity because testimony established he was unable to run as he could before the accident; and, as the court noted, “A policeman who is unable to move rapidly on his feet certainly has had his earning power impaired”]; Martin vs. Philadelphia Suburban Transportation Company, 257 A.2d 535 (1969) [charge on diminished earning capacity is affirmed where plaintiff, who had sustained a back injury but had not experienced any present wage loss, would be limited to sedentary work in the future]; and Mathis v. United Eng. and Constructors, 554 A.2d 96 (1989)