MISSILE CAB ASSOCIATION, INC. v. ROGERS

No. 3067.

184 A.2d 845 (1962)

MISSILE CAB ASSOCIATION, INC., Edward Hughes, Jr., and Robert Williams, Appellants, v. Margaret ROGERS and Leonard Rogers, Appellees.

Municipal Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Decided October 18, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles F. Hoelzer, Jr., Washington, D. C., for appellants.

Howard Vogel, Washington, D. C., for appellees.

Before HOOD, Chief Judge, QUINN, Associate Judge, and CAYTON (Chief Judge, Retired) sitting by designation under Code § 11-776(b).


CAYTON, Acting Judge.

This was an action for personal injuries brought by a taxicab passenger against the driver, the owner, and a cab association. Relying on the doctrine of res ipsa loquitur, plaintiff in her case in chief made no attempt to prove specific negligence. She testified that the driver had been weaving in and out of traffic at 35 miles an hour; that just as they reached an intersection the traffic light turned green; that "halfway through the...

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