Statkus v. Metropolitan Transit Authority

This is an action of tort to recover for injuries sustained by the plaintiff when alighting from a bus of the defendant. There was a verdict for the plaintiff for $14,000. The defendant filed a motion for a new trial on the grounds that the verdict was against the evidence and the weight of the evidence and that the damages were excessive. The motion was denied and the defendant duly excepted. The case is here on the defendant’s bill of exceptions.

At the argument and in its brief, the defendant did not greatly press its contention that the trial judge abused his discretion in denying a new…