#Gish gallop trial

On behalf of the defendant, both the conductor and the motorman, in substance, respectively testified that neither had knowledge of any unusual jerk or motion of the street car at or about the time when, according to the testimony of plaintiff, the 'tremendous jerk' of the street car had occurred. ' Thereafter in her testimony the said plaintiff narrated facts which related to an oral complaint which, within a few minutes after the accident had occurred, she had made to the conductor of the street car regarding the happening of the accident, the events which were connected with the manner in which shortly thereafter she had traveled to her home, and the various and sundry injuries and ills which she had sustained and suffered by reason of the accident,-in which latter facts her testimony was corroborated by other witnesses.

the car gave a tremendous jerk, jerk or lunge, and landed me against that post.

#Gish gallop trial

On the trial of the action, concerning the manner in which the accident occurred, in substance, the said plaintiff testified that after she had 'boarded' an 'L' car and had walked to a place therein at which she had expected to become seated, 'there was a man had some packages, and he moved the packages back for me to sit down and as he was moving those packages back, just as he had it all back, and I bended my knees just enough that I had really lost control of my feet, in a way, and just then the old 'L' car gave a tremendous jerk and lunge and it threw me against an upright post-solid wood post. Gish, against the inner portion of said railway car, severely and seriously injuring said plaintiff physically in such a manner as to cause her severe and grievous physical and mental suffering.' Gish, was riding as a passenger for pay on the 'L' car of said defendant at or near Ninth and Westlake in the City of Los Angeles, County of Los Angeles, State of California, defendant, without regard to the rights of plaintiff, so negligently, carelessly and recklessly suddenly stopped said car with a tremendous jolt and shock as to throw plaintiff, Katherine M. 'That on or about the 30th day of July, 1936, while plaintiff, Katherine M. With relation thereto, as a foundation for an action for the recovery of a judgment for damages against the defendant, the complaint which was filed by the plaintiffs contained the following allegation, to wit: While riding as a passenger on one of the street cars of the defendant corporation, plaintiff, Katherine M. Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Penn Cummings and John Henry Peckham for Respondent.

LOS ANGELES RAILWAY CORPORATION (a Corporation), Respondent.