Jermyn v. Worcester Bus Co.

This is an action of tort to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff while she was a passenger on a bus owned and operated by the defendant. The trial justice found for the plaintiff.

The defendant filed two requests for rulings. Both were directed to the issue of the sufficiency of the evidence to warrant a finding for the plaintiff. Specifically, whether a finding of negligence on the part of the defendant was warranted as plaintiff’s due care was neither questioned nor argued.

After boarding defendant’s bus, the plaintiff and an acquaintance, Mary, sat on a double…