GOODWIN v. GULF TRANSPORT CO.

No. 54993.

453 So.2d 1035 (1984)

Linda GOODWIN (Jones) v. GULF TRANSPORT Company.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

August 8, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C.R. McRae, Pascagoula, for appellant.

H. Rodger Wilder, Eaton, Cottrell, Galloway & Lang, Gulfport, for appellee.

Before ROY NOBLE LEE, P.J., and ROBERTSON and SULLIVAN, JJ.


ROBERTSON, Justice, for the Court:

This appeal arises from a personal injury action brought by a passenger against a bus company. The passenger claims that, while exiting the bus, she stepped on a slippery substance, fell and was hurt. The trial court held that the passenger failed to prove the bus company's actual or constructive knowledge of the slippery substance and directed a verdict against the passenger. We affirm.

On June 30, 1976, Linda Goodwin (Jones...

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