ATLANTA TRANSIT SYSTEM, INC. v. SIMPSON

51991.

139 Ga. App. 34 (1976)

228 S.E.2d 20

ATLANTA TRANSIT SYSTEM, INC. et al. v. SIMPSON.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided June 14, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kennedy, Bussey & Sampson, Thomas G. Sampson, Donald P. Edwards, for appellants.

Francis G. Jones, Jr., for appellee.


QUILLIAN, Judge.

Plaintiff was a passenger on defendant's bus. Because the bus was crowded, she was standing near the rear door. As the bus was making a left turn off Decatur Street onto Butler Street, it braked sharply to avoid a collision with a truck going in the opposite direction on Decatur Street. Plaintiff fell and injured herself. Defendants appeal from a verdict and judgment in favor of plaintiff. Held:

A carrier of passengers must exercise...

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