Sanders v. City of Detroit

The City of Detroit, Department of Street Railways, appeals a jury verdict of $750 in favor of Ora L. Sanders.. Mrs. Sanders suffered injuries when she sat on a pin or pin-like strand of metal imbedded in a seat on one of the defendant’s buses. "When observed after the accident the pin was sticking straight up about 2 inches • from the top surface of the seat. The thickest part of the seat’s cushion is 2-1/2 inches thick. Shortly before Mrs. Sanders boarded the bus it had completed a turn-around layover during which, the driver testified, he had inspected the seats and found no foreign…