Sikyta v. Arrow Stage Lines, Inc.

Margaret L. Sikyta appeals from a judgment in the district court for Lancaster County on the verdict for Arrow Stage Lines, Inc., in her negligence action for bodily injury sustained when she, as a passenger in an Arrow bus, fell on account of the bus driver’s sudden application of the bus’ brakes. Sikyta claims that reversible error resulted from the instruction on contributory negligence based on Sikyta’s standing in the moving bus and submission of assumption of risk as a defense under the circumstances.

THE BUS TRIP

On the morning of November 10, 1984, Margaret Sikyta and her husband,…