Childs v. Dowdy

GRAHAM, Judge.

Defendant Coach Lines assigns as error the overruling of its motion for a directed verdict on the issue of its negligence.

In an amendment to her complaint, plaintiff alleged that Coach Lines was negligent in that its driver failed to keep a proper lookout, failed to keep the bus under proper control, and operated the bus at a speed greater than was reasonable and prudent under existing conditions. In our opinion the evidence will not support a finding of actionable negligence based upon these allegations.

The Coach Lines bus was being operated on the dominant street and defendant…