Reque v. Milwaukee & Suburban Transport Corp.

It is our conclusion that the complaint is fatally defective in failing to properly allege essential facts establishing that the asserted negligence of the bus operator was a cause of the plaintiffs injuries.

The crucial paragraph of the complaint reads as follows:

*113“That on information and belief the said fall was caused as a direct and proximate result of the negligence of the said agent and employee of the defendant while engaged in the course of his employment in failing to properly park and position his bus in relation to the curb of the sidewalk so as to enable the plaintiff to safely…