Blakely v. Pahler

Plaintiff, Blakely, appeals from a final judgment rendered after a jury verdict for all defendants in her personal injury suit. Blakely assigns as reversible error the denial of her motions for a directed verdict and for a new trial.

Blakely was riding as a passenger in a bus owned by defendant, Metropolitan Transit Authority, and driven by defendant, Lonny B. Johnson. The bus was involved in an accident with a car driven by defendant, Pahler.

There was conflicting evidence as to the cause of the accident. Some of the witnesses testified the bus was traveling west in the right, or curb, lane…