Kasza v. City of Detroit

Plaintiff sues for damages resulting from injuries sustained while she was a passenger on defendant’s bus. She was walking in the aisle, facing the back of the bus, going to a vacant seat, when the bus suddenly stopped, causing her to be thrown backwards and injured.

At the conclusion of plaintiff’s proofs defendant moved for a directed verdict of no cause for action on the ground that, as a matter of law, no proof of defendant’s negligence had been offered by plaintiff. The trial judge indicated that he thought the motion well founded but believed the purpose of the Empson act to be to permit…