PERRINO v. D. C. TRANSIT SYSTEM, INC.

No. 3846.

218 A.2d 519 (1966)

Linda PERRINO, Appellant, v. D. C. TRANSIT SYSTEM, INC., a corporation, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided April 15, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James B. Gilbert, Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Anthony E. Grimaldi, Washington, D. C., for appellee.

Before HOOD, Chief Judge, MYERS, Associate Judge and CAYTON (Chief Judge, Retired).


CAYTON, Judge.

Plaintiff brought this action charging that she was injured as a result of a bus driver's negligence in stopping beyond a bus stop and so near a sewer that in attempting to board the bus she slipped and fell. At the close of her case the trial court granted a defense motion for directed verdict, and this appeal followed.

From testimony and photographs the following facts were developed. Plaintiff was waiting for a bus at a stop on Connecticut...

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