Marley v. New England Transportation Co.

The defendant, a common carrier of passengers, operates a bus line between Torrington and Hartford. As the plaintiff, a passenger, attempted to get off at a terminal she slipped and fell on an icy bus step and was injured. Tbe jury returned a verdict for her, and the defendant has appealed from the court’s refusal to set it aside and from the judgment.

The defendant does not contend that it was not negligent but claims principally that the plaintiff was guilty of contributory negligence as a matter of law in attempting to get off the bus by means of a step which she knew was in a dangerous…