Ormond v. Wisconsin Power & Light Co.

Although the verdict is framed in general terms, the only want of ordinary care on the part of the defendant which the evidence tends to support is its failure to make a more rigid inspection of the tires before permitting the bus to start on the trip, and we regard the sole question to be considered to be whether the jury was warranted in so finding.

The duty which a common carrier owes to a passenger is subject to various statements in the books imposing different degrees of care upon the common carrier, all of which require, however, a very high degree of care. (See the subject of Carriers…