Coyle v. Municipality of Metropolitan Seattle

32 Wn. App. 741 (1982)

649 P.2d 652

FRANK COYLE, ET AL, Appellants,

v.

MUNICIPALITY OF METROPOLITAN SEATTLE, Respondent.

No. 10085-8-I.

The Court of Appeals of Washington, Division One.

August 4, 1982.

Charles W. Mertel and Stephen Larson, for appellants.

Robert W. Freedman, for respondent.

RINGOLD, J.

Plaintiffs Mary Coyle and Frank Coyle appeal the judgment entered following a jury verdict in favor of defendant Municipality of Metropolitan Seattle (Metro). We reverse and remand for a new trial.

Mary Coyle was injured on November 26, 1976, while a passenger on a Metro bus. In 1979 the Coyles brought an…