Lee v. Baldwin

This cause came on to be heard upon an appeal from the Court of Common Pleas of Hamilton County.

Plaintiff-appellant Edward Lee (“Lee”) and his passenger were injured when the motor scooter (“moped”) upon which they were travelling was struck by a Queen City Metro bus on August 17, 1983. On October 4, 1983, Lee, who was seventeen years of age, filed a complaint by and through his mother, appellant Carrie Lee, against appellees Queen City Metro and Curtis F. Baldwin, Jr., the driver of the bus.

The cause was tried in the court below with the intervention of a jury which determined that Lee had…