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SLAUGHTER v. D. C. TRANSIT SYSTEM

No. 14456.

261 F.2d 741 (1958)

Pearl Lenora SLAUGHTER, a minor, by her mother and next friend, Mrs. Eloise Slaughter, and Eloise Slaughter, individually, Appellants, v. D. C. TRANSIT SYSTEM, Inc., Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided November 13, 1958.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Samuel Intrater, Washington, D. C., with whom Mr. Albert Brick, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellants.

Mr. John P. Arness, Washington, D. C., for appellee.

Before EDGERTON, FAHY and BURGER, Circuit Judges.

BURGER, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a verdict directed for defendant after both parties had presented their evidence. Appellant, a minor girl, alighted from appellee's bus through a side, rear exit, the door of which was automatically controlled by the treadle step of the exit. She testified that "when my right foot reached the ground, my left foot went up to get off, and the door closed on my foot." She alleges that she was injured as a result of her ankle...

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