Desmond v. Doyle

In this case, tried before the court without a jury, the plaintiff wife, a passenger in defendant’s bus, arose to leave when she was catapulted to the floor of the bus as it made a sudden, unusual and violent stop.

Plaintiff’s claim that the bus stopped suddenly at a place not designated for a bus stop is not disputed. In fact, the defendant not only admitted the short and unusual stop, but based its defense on the fact that the stop was made necessary by a truck which cut off the bus suddenly and without warning, having swerved into the path of the bus which was proceeding on Third Avenue…