Baker v. Saginaw City Lines, Inc.

Plaintiff sued defendant bus company to recover for personal injuries allegedly sustained while riding as a passenger on defendant’s bus on October 17, 1955. Plaintiff claims he was-thrown from his seat as the result of a violent, abrupt stop of the bus due to the negligence of the bus driver in exceeding the speed limit and in not having the bus-under control.

Defendant answered denying any negligence on the part of the driver of the bus, but alleging the abrupt stop was caused by the driver of an unknown vehicle which entered the intersection in the path of the bus without stopping at the…