Watson v. Chicago Transit Authority

On May 22, 1963, plaintiff filed suit for gun shot and other injuries sustained at the hand of a fellow passenger on one of defendant’s buses. At the close of plaintifFs evidence, the court granted defendant’s motion for a directed verdict and entered the judgment in its favor from which this appeal has been taken.

Plaintiff testified that at 6:15 A.M. on December 25, 1962, he and Maureen Davis boarded a westbound bus on 69th Street at South Park Avenue. After paying their fare, he and Miss Davis seated themselves on the driver’s side of the bus approximately ten feet behind the driver. There…