Andrews v. Buckner

Birdsong, Judge.

Appellants, Andrews and Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA), bring this appeal from a jury verdict and judgment in favor of Buckner in the amount of $24,000, arising out of an intersection accident between a MARTA bus operated by Andrews and an automobile operated by Buckner.

The facts show that Andrews, while driving his assigned bus upon a regular route, arrived at the intersection of Capitol Avenue and Georgia Avenue in the city of Atlanta. That intersection is regulated by a traffic-control signal, otherwise denominated as a "red light.” Upon arriving at…