White v. Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority

BECK, Judge:

Appellant Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (“SEPTA”) raises three issues on appeal.1 We find none of them to have merit. We, therefore, affirm the judgment of the trial court.

On September 15, 1977, plaintiff-appellee Cynthia White, then twelve years old, was riding home from school on a SEPTA bus. She was on public transportation because of a *127school bus drivers’ strike. It was a hot afternoon, the air conditioning on the bus was not working and the windows were open. Miss White sat next to an open window toward the rear on the bus on the right hand side. She…