Lynx Transportation v. Atkinson

PETERSON, Judge.

Lynx Transportation appeals a final judgment after a jury found that it was responsible for injuries received by Michael Atkinson in a bus-automobile accident. Lynx argues on appeal that the trial court erred when it instructed the jury that a rebuttable presumption of negligence was ;reated when the Lynx bus hit the rear of Atkinson’s automobile. Lynx correctly states that the presumption exists when the trial court considers a motion for directed verdict, but when the motion is denied and the matter is submitted to the jury, the jury must deliberate without the aid of the…