Ware v. Yellow Cab, Inc.

McCown, JV

This is an action by plaintiff for personal injuries sustained as a passenger in a taxicab. At the close of plaintiff’s evidence on liability, the District Court sustained a motion by the defendant for a directed verdict and dismissed the action. Motion for new trial was overruled and plaintiff has appealed.

In the early afternoon of August 25, 197.1, a clear, dry day, the plaintiff was a passenger in one of defendant’s taxis enroute to her home on North 40th Street in Omaha, Nebraska. At a point near 40th and Bedford Streets, the driver of a car ahead of the taxi and going in the…