Greyhound Corporation, a Corporation v. Paul F. Jones

LEWIS, Circuit Judge.

Appellee, a fare paying passenger upon one of appellant Greyhound’s buses, slipped and fell when alighting from the bus at the Denver terminal. In an action for damages for the injuries so sustained a jury awarded to appellee the amount of $12,500 and judgment was entered accordingly. Greyhound appeals, contending that the evidence is insufficient to establish negligence upon the part of the bus line, that the evidence establishes the contributory negligence of appellee as a matter of law, that the court erred in its instruction, and that the amount of the verdict is…