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# Q-Line asks whether Big Blue Bus drivers should wait for elderly riders to sit
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/082003-story/
- Published: 2003-08-20T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T02:48:39.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Community, Santa Monica, #archive-import

An elderly Santa Monica woman who broke her hip on the Big Blue Bus last year recently lost a lawsuit against City Hall.

In the lawsuit, the woman claimed City Hall should compensate her for medical bills, as well as for pain and suffering because it does not require its drivers to wait for elderly passengers to be seated before they begin driving.

Jury members said they had compassion for the elderly woman but that there were too many questions raised by city attorneys to rule for her.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on August 20, 2003.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/082003.pdf?ref=smdp.com)