Perrino v. D. C. Transit System, Inc.

CAYTON, Judge.

Plaintiff brought this action charging that she was injured as a result of a bus driver’s negligence in stopping beyond a bus stop and so near a sewer that in attempting to board the bus she slipped and fell. At the close of her case the trial court granted a defense motion for directed verdict, and this appeal followed.

From testimony and photographs the following facts were developed. Plaintiff was waiting for a bus at a stop on Connecticut Avenue north of Tilden Street. The bus stopped south of and beyond the marked stop, about two and one-half feet away from the curb,…