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

No. 6247.

293 A.2d 283 (1972)

Gladys WINTHROP, Appellant, v. D. C. TRANSIT SYSTEM, INC., Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided July 11, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John J. Simard, Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Morton Berg, Washington, D. C., for appellee.

Before KELLY, FICKLING and NEBEKER, Associate Judges.

KELLY, Associate Judge:

This appeal is from a directed verdict for appellee based on a finding of contributory negligence as a matter of law.1 We reverse.

Pertinent testimony on liability was that as appellant (plaintiff) was attempting to board appellee's bus the driver closed the front doors on her right hand and started to pull away from the bus stop. The bus moved a distance of five or six feet, with appellant running alongside...

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