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BURKE v. LINCOLN TRANSIT CO.

37 N.J. Super. 433 (1955)

117 A.2d 521

LORETTA K. BURKE AND JACOB O. BURKE, PLAINTIFFS-APPELLANTS, v. LINCOLN TRANSIT COMPANY, A BODY CORPORATE, DEFENDANT-RESPONDENT.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided October 26, 1955.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Charles A. Rooney argued the cause for defendant-respondent (Mrs. Marian Rooney-Sheehy, attorney).

Mr. John Warren, Jr., argued the cause for plaintiffs-appellants (Messrs. Parsons, Labrecque, Canzona & Combs, attorneys).

Before Judges GOLDMANN, FREUND and CONFORD.

The opinion of the court was delivered by CONFORD, J.A.D.

Loretta K. Burke sues to recover for injuries sustained while a passenger in a bus operated by defendant. Her husband joins as plaintiff for consequential damages. The gravamen of the charge is that the bus driver was negligent in stopping the bus suddenly, causing Mrs. Burke, who was standing in the aisle preparatory to alighting, to be thrown backwards into the windshield and down into the stairwell. The...

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