In Wasserman v. City of Chicago, 190 Ill. App. 3d 1064, 547 N.E.2d 486, 138 Ill. Dec. 319 (1989), Ruth Wasserman brought suit against the CTA after she slipped and fell on snow as she stepped off a CTA bus. Wasserman, 190 Ill. App. 3d at 1065. The trial court granted summary judgment in favor of the CTA. Wasserman, 190 Ill. App. 3d at 1065. On appeal, the appellate court held that a common carrier owes the highest degree of care to its passengers, which includes providing its passengers with a safe place to alight from its bus. Wasserman, 190 Ill. App. 3d at 1066-67. The appellate court noted that the "evidence before the court established that the only point of egress from the bus was onto deep piles of snow with no passages for pedestrian traffic and that Wasserman fell after taking just one step." Wasserman, 190 Ill. App. 3d at 1067. The appellate court held that in view of the evidence, the trier of fact could find that Wasserman was required to exit the bus in an unsafe place. Wasserman, 190 Ill. App. 3d at 1067. As questions of material fact existed, the appellate court reversed the grant of summary judgment and remanded for further proceedings. Wasserman, 190 Ill. App. 3d at 1067.