Ginn v. Broward County Transit

HURLEY, Judge.

Appellants, plaintiffs in the trial court, appeal the entry of a directed verdict and final judgment in favor of defendants/ap-pellees. We reverse.

On July 14, 1976, Frances Ginn, age 66, boarded a Broward County Transit bus in the parking lot of the Hollywood Fashion Square. What happened next is recounted in her testimony before the jury.

I was the last passenger on. Everybody was seated. I had shown the bus driver my identification and reached in my purse, which was open, for the dime, and put it in the fare box.... I asked for a transfer. I got the transfer and the bus driver…