McFarland, Cassandra v. H.N.S. Management Company, Inc. d/b/a CT Transit

On March 05, 2024, the Connecticut jury gave the verdict in favor of the Defendant after finding no negligence in a personal injury case arising out of a motor vehicle accident between a public bus and a car.

Case Background

On September 21, 2021, Plaintiff Cassandra McFarland filed a personal injury lawsuit against H.N.S. Management Company, Inc. d/b/a CT Transit. The lawsuit was filed before the Connecticut Superior Court, New Haven JD. Hon. Elizabeth Stewart presided over this case. [Case number: NNH-CV21-6117473-S]

Cause

Defendant H.N.S. Management Company, Inc., doing business as CT Transit, was a duly authorized bus service provider in Connecticut. On December 11, 2019, around 10:30 a.m., Cassandra McFarland was driving a car northbound in the middle lane of Church Street, nearing its intersection with Elm Street in New Haven, Connecticut. At that moment, a CT Transit bus was halted on Elm Street to disembark passengers at the intersection with Church Street. As McFarland turned her vehicle onto Elm Street, the CT Transit bus driver abruptly and without warning maneuvered the bus into the far left la