Mitcham v. City of Detroit

The plaintiffs, husband and wife (by stipulation their cases were tried and appealed as one), were passengers in the defendant’s municipally operated trackless motor coach. They were seated on a side seat running lengthwise and facing the aisle. At a point not at a street intersection and not at a regular bus stop the coach without warning *185swerved suddenly to the left and stopped abruptly, pitching the wife violently forward against an adjoining upright metal stanchion and severely injuring her. In due course she filed suit, her husband filing a companion suit to recover certain medical and…