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The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania affirmed the trial court's grant of SEPTA's motion for nonsuit, holding that the plaintiff failed to establish that the bus's movement was extraordinary and unusual under the 'jerk and jolt' doctrine required for liability as a passenger injury case.
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