Southwestern Greyhound Lines, Inc. v. Smith

CORN, Justice.

Plaintiff, accompanied by her small daughter, boarded defendant’s bus in Atoka, as a paying passenger bound for Durant, Oklahoma. Upon taking a seat on the right hand side she was injured as the result of sitting upon an ordinary sewing needle which punctured her right buttock and broke, leaving a part of the needle embedded in her hip. She testified she suffered a “rigor” and a chill and thus was unable to speak until the bus was approximately two miles out of town, when she went to the front of the bus and informed the driver what had occurred. He immediately stopped the bus…