Court Opinion

ID: 6721060
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-07-20 22:54:13.451967+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T16:01:34.090608
License: Public Domain

PER CURIAM.
Epitomized Opinion
Published Only in Ohio Law Abstract
Catherine Bradley brought an action against the Cleveland Railway for injuries resulting to her, as she claimed, by reason of a street car upon which she was riding as a passenger starting after it had come to a full stop while she was seeking to alight. The plaintiff offered evidence in support of her contention, but the Railway Company offered evidence tending to show that plaintiff fell after she had alighted and gone some distance from the car. The jury returned a verdict for the defendant, whereupon platintiff prosecuted error. Errors assigned were that the verdict was manifestly against the weight of evidence and that the court erred in its charge in that it charged the doctrine of contributory negligence while as a matter of fact contributory negligence was not pleaded in the answer nor was it introduced in this case by the evidence. In sustaining the judgment of the lower court, the Court of Appeals held:
1. The verdict was not manifestly against the weight of the evidence.
2. Although the court in its charge used the phrase, “If her want of ordinary care contributed to the injury she would not be entitled to recover,” taking the whole charge together the doctrine of contributory negligence was not injected into the lawsuit, as the court is merely stating that the plaintiff must use ordinary care.