Heroff v. Metropolitan Transit Commission

OPINION

POPOVICH, Chief Judge.

Appellant appeals the trial court’s denial of her motion for a new trial. Appellant claims a new trial should have been granted because (1) the jury’s verdict was not supported by the evidence and (2) insufficient damages were awarded under the influence of passion or prejudice. We affirm.

FACTS

On February 2, 1981, appellant Patricia Heroff slipped and fell while walking down the front steps of a Metropolitan Transit Commission (MTC) bus in downtown St. Paul. Appellant boarded the bus near her home at the corner of 7th and Bay Street. She was a regular bus rider.…