Brewer v. City of Detroit

On January 27, 1965, shortly after 2 p.m., Stella Ales, age 78, alighted from a southbound Department of Street Railways bus at the southwest corner of Warren and St. Jean in the city of Detroit, a regular bus stop. Her testimony indicated' that the bus came to a complete stop, she stepped off onto the curb, turned around, and took a step back from the traffic. After the bus pulled away and the traffic light changed, she started to cross St. Jean but fell down before leaving the curb, injuring her right hip. Mrs. Ales testified that the regular bus stop area where she got off “was all ice”…