Fisher v. Whitaker

CULLEN, Commissioner.

Miss Alice Fisher and Mrs. Allye Mae Kennedy, claiming to have sustained personal injuries while they were passengers on a bus of the Blue Motor Coach Lines, brought actions for damages against the bus company and its driver. The actions were tried together and the jury returned verdicts for the defendants.' Miss Fisher and Mrs. Kennedy appeal from the judgments entered on the verdicts.

The appellants contend that (1) they were entitled to a peremptory instruction on the issue of liability because, as a matter of law, the bus driver was negligent and the passengers were…