City of Bristol v. Dickau Bus Co.

Opinion

LAVERY, C. J.

The defendant, Dickau Bus Company, Inc., appeals from the judgment of the trial court ordering it to indemnify the plaintiffs1 for moneys expended by them in settling lawsuits arising from an accident involving one of the defendant’s school buses. On appeal, the defendant claims that the trial court improperly applied common-law principles concerning active versus passive negligence (1) in the absence of a judicial finding of negligence by the plaintiffs and (2) when any negligence on the plaintiffs’ part would have been premised on their own acts, unrelated to the…