Woodard v. Saginaw City Lines, Inc.

Plaintiff sued Saginaw City Lines, Inc., to recover damages for injuries allegedly suffered on January 22,1958, in a fall after she stepped off defendant’s bus.

The case was tried in the lower court without a jury. Judgment was entered in plaintiff’s favor. Defendant appeals, raising the following questions:(1) Did plaintiff sustain the burden of proof that her injury was proximately caused by the act of defendant’s driver in stopping his bus at a place which he knew or should have known to be unsafe to discharge passengers?(2) Was plaintiff guilty of contributory negligence as a matter of…