Jordan v. Portland Coach Co.

Plaintiff makes claim for personal injuries alleged to have been caused when she was struck by defendant’s bus from which she had just alighted as a passenger. At the close of the evidence defendant’s motion for a directed verdict was denied and exceptions thereto are before us.

We view the evidence in the light most favorable to the plaintiff to determine whether the matter was properly submitted to the jury to determine controverted facts and to draw any reasonable and legal inferences therefrom. Greene, Admr. v. Willey, 147 Me. 227. A verdict is properly directed for a defendant when the…