Sforza v.Green Bus Lines, Inc.
City of New York Municipal Court
1Opinion of the CourtPette, J.
While operating a bus owned by the corporate defendant, the individual defendant, who had been employed by the corporation eight years, suddenly became insane and apparently lost control of the bus which struck a parked ice truck owned by plaintiff Mekay, upon which plaintiff Sforza was chopping ice. These actions follow to recover for property damage and personal injuries.
The driver was committed for observation and later confined in an insane asylum where he still remained at the time of the trial. Defendants do not deny negligence by the driver, but seek to excuse the negligence, claiming…
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