Greyhound Lines, Inc. v. Alderson

This is an appeal by Greyhound Lines, Inc., from the refusal of the trial judge to grant its motion for a judgment n.o.v. after a jury in the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County (Couch, Jr., J., presiding) rendered a verdict in favor of Ruby Alderson and her husband who had sued to recover damages for personal injuries.

The case arose out of an accident involving a Greyhound Lines bus which resulted in the death of five passengers and serious bodily injuries to many other passengers. A number of suits for damages were brought against Greyhound Lines, Inc., Gerald T. Koehler, the driver of…