Montgomery v. Midkiff

HOWARD, Judge.

This is an appeal from a summary judgment granted by the Jefferson Circuit Court in favor of the appellee bus company concerning a motor vehicle collision.

On October 21, 1986, the appellant, Ruth E. Montgomery, was riding in a small bus for the disabled and the elderly, operated by the appellee, Transit Authority of River City (TARC), in Louisville, Kentucky. The bus has a wheelchair lift on the side and a maximum capacity of 28 passengers. The appellant’s seat was on the driver’s side in the back half of the vehicle. That seat could be flipped up so that a wheelchair could pull…