Orr v. Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority

Plaintiff brought an action against defendant corporation for injuries allegedly sustained while attempting to board a public bus operated by defendant. Trial resulted in a jury verdict for defendant. Plaintiff appeals from the judgment, contending that a miscarriage of justice resulted from: (1) misconduct on the part of a juror and an agent of defendant; (2) misconduct on the part of defendant’s attorney in insinuating plaintiff was accident-prone and claims-conseious and had filed other claims against defendant; and (3) errors of law on the part of the trial judge in (a) giving, and (b)…