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POWELL v. SAFEWAY TRAILS, INC.

No. 14682.

269 F.2d 225 (1959)

Ann POWELL and Mabel P. Lanyon, Appellants v. SAFEWAY TRAILS, INC., and Trailways Terminal of Washington, Inc., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided May 21, 1959.

Petition for Rehearing Denied June 15, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. P. Bateman Ennis, Washington, D. C., with whom Mr. Warren W. Grimes, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellants.

Mr. Maxwell A. Howell, Washington, D. C., for appellees.

Before EDGERTON, WILBUR K. MILLER, and FAHY, Circuit Judges.

Petition for Rehearing En Banc Denied June 15, 1959.

PER CURIAM.

The plaintiffs appeal from a directed verdict for the defendants in a suit for personal injuries by negligence. There is no material dispute about the facts.

A passenger 74 years old, with good eyesight, got off a bus in a terminal. Walking among a number of people, she did not see that she was on a ramp. She stepped off the ramp into an unoccupied bus bay or "well". The ramp varied in...

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