Polioudakis v. City & County of San Francisco

Plaintiff, Mary Polioudakis, brought this action against the defendant city for damages for a claimed injury to her wrist," alleged to have been received as a result *138of the negligence of the driver of the city-operated bus in which plaintiff was a passenger. The jury brought in a verdict in favor of the defendant. From the judgment entered on that verdict plaintiff appeals. Her two contentions are that, in view of the applicability of the res ipsa loquitur doctrine, the judgment for defendant is unsupported, and that the trial judge so conducted himself as to prejudicially deprive her of a…