Myles v. Sussman

Pee Cuhiam.

This is an appeal from a judgment of nonsuit of the Essex County Circuit Court in an action for personal injuries suffered by the plaintiff in being struck by a motor truck. The trial court based its judgment of nonsuit on the ground that the plaintiff “failed to make an adequate observation.” These are the facts. Plaintiff, a passenger on a bus which was traveling northerly on Grove street in Montclair, New Jersey, alighted, when the bus stopped, at a cross street known as Tuxedo road. She passed in front of the bus, which was at a standstill, and proceeded over the crosswalk…