Case Name: Lenore G. Woods vs. Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
Court: Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Jurisdiction: Massachusetts
Decision Date: 1972-02-04
Citations: 361 Mass. 850
Docket Number: 
Parties: Lenore G. Woods vs. Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority.
Judges: 
Reporter: Massachusetts Reports
Volume: 361
Pages: 850–850

Head Matter:
Lenore G. Woods vs. Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority.
February 4, 1972.
Avram G. Hammer for the plaintiff.
Albert E. Good for the defendant.

Opinion:
The plaintiff boarded a bus operated by the Authority and was on her way to a seat when the bus started. Substantially simultaneously, a parked automobile, which had been standing a little to the right of the bus, started to move in front of the bus. The bus proceeded only about four feet. The driver then applied the brakes and brought the bus to a sudden stop, causing the plaintiff to fall. The judge properly directed a verdict for the Authority. Berger v. Massachusetts Bay Trans. Authy. 355 Mass. 695, 696-697. In the circumstances, there was no evidence of negligence, either in any aspect of the driver's conduct or in any asserted violation of a company rule. Binder v. Boston Elev. Ry. 265 Mass. 589, 591. The defendant is to have double costs of this frivolous request for review of the judge's action.
Exceptions overruled.