MIALKOWSKY v. L.A. TRANSIT LINES

Docket No. 22782.

160 Cal.App.2d 859 (1958)

325 P.2d 1018

GEORGE MIALKOWSKY, Respondent, v. LOS ANGELES TRANSIT LINES (a Corporation), Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division Two.

May 28, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David S. Smith for Appellant.

Alvin E. Honoroff, Bernard Echt and Leonard G. Ratner for Respondent.


HERNDON, J.

Defendant appeals from an adverse judgment on a jury verdict awarding plaintiff damages for personal injuries allegedly sustained as a result of plaintiff's fall while alighting from defendant's streetcar. Plaintiff testified that "[w]hen I stepped, the first step it was, the street car moved sharply and my feet slipped and I fell down."

It was defendant's theory that if plaintiff was injured as a result of a fall, the accident occurred after he...

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