Neidert v. Portland Stages, Inc.

This is an action brought by plaintiff against the defendant to recover for personal injuries. The jury returned a verdict for the defendant, and plaintiff appeals.

The admitted facts are that plaintiff, an elderly woman, was a passenger on defendant’s motor bus; that the bus was stopped in a place where it was safe for passengers to alight; that the plaintiff fell and suffered injuries.

The plaintiff’s assignments of error are all based upon a ruling of the trial court, that as a factual question, the relationship of carrier and passenger had terminated at the time of defendant’s alleged…