Andersen v. Bee Line, Inc.

The only question raised on this appeal is whether plaintiff made out a prima facie case.

The individual defendant Matzen testified that while engaged in driving a bus traveling in an easterly direction within the confines of the eastbound lane of Merrick Road, the decedent drove his car at an excessive rate of speed over into the eastbound lane and directly toward the oncoming bus, causing the defendant to apply the brakes of the bus.

An examination of the vehicles show that the left front and left side of the plaintiff’s car met with the left front part of the bus. The photographs taken just…