Panitz v. Orenge

Ryan, J. *

This is an appeal from a judgment granted the defendant, Tacoma Suburban Lines (TSL) upon a challenge to the sufficiency of the evidence at the close of plaintiff’s case and from a judgment in favor of defendants Orenge pursuant to a jury verdict.

Mrs. Panitz regularly was a passenger on TSL’s bus from her home to her place of employment on the Fort Lewis Military Reservation. The driver ordinarily assigned to this route was driving the bus involved in this accident and Mrs. Panitz was a passenger.

The bus proceeded in a westerly direction on Pendleton Street which was a two-lane,…