McLain v. Lafferty

*555TONGUE, J.

This is an action for personal injuries sustained by the driver of a school bus when it was hit from the rear by defendant’s car. Defendant appeals from a judgment of $6,444.85 for plaintiff, contending that plaintiff was contributorily negligent as a matter of law.

At the time of the accident plaintiff was transporting school children from school to their homes and had stopped in the right traffic lane of a two-lane highway to discharge school children. The place where the bus was stopped was at an intersection on Highway 224 north of Estacada, at the foot of a downhill curve. There…