Carey v. Jack Rabbit Lines, Inc.

WOLLMAN, Chief Justice.

This ease involves an action for personal injuries sustained by Isabel Carey (appellee) when she fell while alighting from a bus owned and operated by Jack Rabbit Lines, Inc. (appellant). The case was tried to the court, which entered judgment for appellee. We affirm the judgment as modified.

Appellant is a common carrier transporting passengers for hire. On July 13, 1978, appellee boarded one of appellant’s buses in Aberdeen, South Dakota. The bus arrived in Mobridge at approximately 10:30 p. m. The bus driver parked the bus twelve to eighteen inches from the curb,…