Wright v. City of St. Petersburg

Plaintiff/appellant suffered a directed verdict in her action against appellee for injuries sustained when she was thrown to the floor of a city bus in which she was a paying passenger. The alleged injuries occurred when the bus was forced to swerve into the curb to avoid hitting a car which had suddenly pulled out in front of it. We reverse.

The record reveals sufficient evidence of a prima facie breach of the city’s high degree of care owed to its passengers for hire, and therefore the jury should have been permitted to decide the issues of negligence and damages. There was some evidence…