Sharpe v. Peter Pan Bus Lines, Inc.

401 Mass. 788 (1988)

519 N.E.2d 1341

ALFRED S. SHARPE, administrator,[1]

vs.

PETER PAN BUS LINES, INC., & another.[2]

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

November 5, 1987.

March 9, 1988.

Present: HENNESSEY, C.J., WILKINS, LIACOS, ABRAMS, NOLAN, LYNCH, & O'CONNOR, JJ.

Thomas D. Burns (Michael Weinberg with him) for the defendants.

John E. Lecomte (Mario Misci with him) for the plaintiff.

WILKINS, J.

On Sunday morning, February 22, 1981, Sharon Lee Glynn, a sixteen year old who had purchased a bus ticket to go home after visiting a friend in Westfield, was waiting in the Springfield bus…