Watson v. Regional Transportation District

METZGER, Judge.

Plaintiff, Jayma Watson, sustained injuries when a motorcycle upon which she was riding and which was being driven by her husband, Randy Watson, collided with a bus owned by defendant, the Regional Transportation District (RTD). From the judgment entered in her resulting negligence action, she appeals, and RTD cross-appeals. We reverse and remand for a new trial.

Prior to the accident plaintiff, and her husband, who had been drinking, were performing errands. The motorcycle was proceeding on a street in Boulder when it rear-ended the RTD bus after skidding for 63 feet. When the…