SPRING v. KANSAS CITY AREA TRANSP. AUTHORITY

No. WD 43981.

813 S.W.2d 386 (1991)

Charlotte Lee SPRING, Respondent, v. KANSAS CITY AREA TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY, and Cornelius J. Gottstein, Appellants.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District.

August 20, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dorothy L. Campbell, Asst. City Atty., Kansas City, for appellants.

James D. Walker, Kansas City, for respondent.

Before SHANGLER, P.J., LOWENSTEIN, C.J., and BERREY, J.


BERREY, Judge.

Kansas City Area Transportation Authority (hereinafter ATA) appeals a verdict against it in sum of $100,000.00. The jury found ATA 80% at fault and assessed Charlotte Spring, the respondent, comparative fault at 20%. Spring cross-appeals.

The facts are quite simple, Mrs. Spring boarded an ATA bus at 8th and Grand. When en route to her seat she testified the bus accelerated, she felt a "sudden jerk" and she was thrown to the floor.

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