Florida Motor Lines Corporation v. Barry

CHAPMAN, C. J.:

On September 28, 1944, John R. Barry, appellee, was a passenger on appellant’s motor bus from West Palm Beach, Florida, en route to Camp Murphy and, when about one mile north of Juno Beach Cottages on U. S. Highway No. 1 and traveling in .a northerly direction, the bus collided with a truck then being driven in a southerly direction on the same highway. The plaintiff below, John R. Barry, alleged in his declaration that he received permanent injuries as a proximate result of the collision due to the negligent and careless manner in which the motor bus was being operated at the…