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DAMAGES FOLLOWING . FALL FROM BUS
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I N the Court of Session, Edinburgh, on March 11, the trial was concluded of an action by Mr. Walter Inglis, of Granton, for his pupil child, against the Scottish Motor Traction Co., Ltd., Edinburgh, for £1,000 as damages in respect of injuries sustained by the child, It was stated that on August 23. 1937, while the boy was a passenger in one of defender's vehicles, the emergency door, of the bus flew open, the boy being thrown out, thereby sustaining a fracture of the skull and other injuries. It was contended that the door had not been properly fastened when the bus commenced its journey.
Defendants denied this, stating that the door, when inspected immediately before the journey, was found to be properly secured. The door was so constructed that it could not be opened accidentally, and they believed that the fastening had been tampered with by some person for whom they were not responsible.
The jury found for the plaintiff, damages being assessed at £250.