Owens v. Regional Transit Authority

KLEES, Judge.

Plaintiff, Evelyn Owens, filed this suit against the defendants, Regional Transit Authority (“RTA”) and John Green, to recover damages for personal injury and loss of property when Ms. Owens was allegedly mugged while a passenger aboard an RTA bus operated by John Green. The trial court rendered judgment in favor of defendants dismissing the suit. We affirm.

On April 26, 1986, plaintiff was a fare-paying passenger aboard a bus owned by the RTA and operated by John Green. Ms. Owens was sitting on the left side of the bus in an aisle seat with her purse in her lap and a canvas book…