Anderson v. Peter Pan Bus Lines, Inc.

Jeanette D. Anderson, the plaintiff, fell and hurt herself on a bus operated by the defendant Peter Pan Bus Lines, Inc. (Peter Pan). The trial of her negligence action against Peter Pan poses the question whether there was sufficient evidence of negligence to take the case to the jury, which had returned a verdict of $22,600 in favor of the plaintiff.

Taking the evidence in the light most favorable to the plaintiff (McAvoy v. Shujrin, 401 Mass. 593, 596 [1988]; Hull v. North Adams Hoosac Sav. Bank, 49 Mass. App. Ct. 514, 515 [2000]), the jury of six sitting in the District Court were warranted…