McClenahan v. Des Moines Transit Company

— While servicing an advertising sign on the back of one of defendant’s buses, plaintiff was struck down and injured when the bus was suddenly moved by one of defendant’s employees. In his action for damages the trial court submitted the issue of lookout, contributory negligence, and alleged injuries to the jury. There was a verdict and judgment of $15,000 in plaintiff’s favor. In various ways defendant had asked the court to hold as a matter of law that there was no evidence of any actionable negligence against it, that plaintiff was guilty of contributory negligence, and that plaintiff had…