Columbus Transportation Co. v. Curry

Error is assigned on two portions of the charge taken from Gazaway v. Nicholson, 61 Ga. App. 3 (5 SE2d 391) that it is the duty of a bus driver “to discharge a passenger at a place of safety”; and “The duty of a common carrier of passengers includes an obligation to furnish them a safe place to alight” on the ground that such language imports a standard of absolute safety, whereas the duty of the carrier is to discharge his passengers at a reasonably safe place. The first instruction contained the qualifying words, “and that duty is only satisfied if it exercises the extreme care and caution…