Pearson v. Birmingham Transit Company

This is an appeal by plaintiff from a judgment rendered on a verdict for defendant in a suit for personal injuries claimed as the result of the negligence of defendant in causing a city bus to collide with plaintiff’s automobile which had been brought to a stop for a red light at the intersection of the streets. The collision occurred in April 1954. Both vehicles were headed east on Third Avenue N., in Birmingham, which is a four lane highway and intersects 30th Street. Plaintiff had passed the bus and had stopped for the red light. His car was partly on or very near the line dividing the two…