Sumpter v. Tamiami Trail Tours, Inc.

ALLEN, Chief Judge.

The appellant, as plaintiff in the lower court, filed an action against the appellee-defendant for damages for injuries received when she fell while boarding defendant’s bus allegedly due to the negligent failure of the bus driver to assist her in boarding the bus. A trial by jury resulted in a verdict for the defendant and, after the denial of a motion for new trial, final judgment was entered for the defendant from which plaintiff has appealed.

On March 16, 1958, the plaintiff, who is 5 feet 10 inches tall and weighs .175 pounds, ' and a lady seventy years of age,…