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Case Citations [1] (July 2021 - April 2022)

handle is hein.ali/reconlw0158 and id is 1 raw text is: CONFLICT OF LAWS CHAPTER 6. CORPORATIONS TOPIC 3. DOING BUSINESS § 167. Foreign Corporation can do Business Tex.2020. Com. (a) quot. in case quot. in sup. Bus passenger sued public transit authority, alleging that defendant's bus driver acted negligently by abruptly deploying the brakes to allow a passenger off the vehicle while plaintiff was standing onboard, resulting in plaintiff falling and injuring himself. The trial court entered judgment on a jury verdict for plaintiff. The court of appeals affirmed. This court affirmed, holding that the evidence supported a jury finding that defendant acted negligently when its driver failed to meet the heightened standard of care applied to common carriers. Citing Restatement of Conflict of Laws § 167, Comment a, the court explained that defendant was a common carrier that was in the business of transporting people, because, as a public transit authority, it held itself out as a common carrier, undertook requests to transport people, and was created to operate a transport business. VIA Metropolitan Transit v. Meck, 620 S.W.3d 356, 362. COPYRIGHT ©2022 By THE AMERICAN LAW INSTITUTE All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America For earlier citations, see the Appendices, Supplements, or Pocket Parts, if any, that correspond to the subject matter under examination. ALI