Crist v. Washington, Virginia and Maryland Coach Co.

This is an action by Mary L. Crist, hereinafter called plaintiff, against Washington, Virginia and Maryland Coach Company, Incorporated, hereinafter called defendant, to recover $375,000.00 for personal injuries claimed to have been sustained when the defendant’s bus on which she was riding as a passenger ran into a curb and threw her from her seat to the floor.

The jury upon a trial of the case returned a verdict in favor of the defendant which was set aside and a judgment for $6,000.00 awarded the plaintiff, to which action of the court we granted the plaintiff a writ of error.

Plaintiff…