WRIGHT v. CITY OF ST. PETERSBURG

No. 73-37.

291 So.2d 639 (1974)

Bessie B. WRIGHT, Appellant, v. CITY OF ST. PETERSBURG, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

March 22, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Morris W. Milton of Minnis, Williams & Milton, St. Petersburg, for appellant.

James P. Ogden, Asst. City Atty., St. Petersburg, for appellee.


PER CURIAM.

Plaintiff/appellant suffered a directed verdict in her action against appellee for injuries sustained when she was thrown to the floor of a city bus in which she was a paying passenger. The alleged injuries occurred when the bus was forced to swerve into the curb to avoid hitting a car which had suddenly pulled out in front of it. We reverse.

The record reveals sufficient evidence of a prima facie breach of the city's high degree of care owed to...

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