Stille v. Nevin Bus Lines
Stille v. Nevin Bus Lines
Opinion of the Court
Plaintiff sued for injuries received while a passenger in a bus owned by Nevin Bus Lines, a corporation, and driven by Frank J. Callahan, an employe of that corporation. Judgment was rendered for the plaintiff in the sum of $300, and the defendants appeal upon the ground that the court erred in refusing the defendants’ motions to nonsuit the plaintiff and to direct a verdict in favor of the defendants.
The proofs present a factual controversy. The incident occurred while the bus was being driven through the Holland tunnel. There is evidence from which it could be found that notwithstanding the tunnel regulation, known to the bus driver, that vehicles are to be kept seventy-five feet apart, the bus was following the car ahead at a distance of only fifteen feet, that the car ahead stopped suddenly, that the bus made a sudden turn to the left and forward, hitting and scraping along the car ahead and that the lurch threw plaintiff forward and backward, causing her to strike and injure her spine. The driver—defendant Callahan—testified that
The judgment below will be affirmed, with costs.
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