Airline Motor Coaches, Inc. v. McCormick

MURRAY, Justice.

Selma McCormick was a passenger on a bus of Airline Motor Coaches, Inc., en route from Jasper to Beaumont, Texas, on October 19, 1943. The bus was driven through the guard railing of the bridge which crosses the Neches river between Evádale and Silsbee, the bus going off the bridge and falling to the ground below, a distance of some 18 or 20 feet. Selma McCormick received serious bodily injuries in the accident and suit for damages was brought against the bus company by her father, Clyde McCormick, in his own behalf and as next friend for his daughter, alleging negligence of…