I can't help but feel that the judge may harbor personal feelings against Greyhound or big companies in general. Of course the judge would never say so publically, but I've just got this gut feeling. After all, Greyhound haters are everywhere and I've never seen a case when the judge tossed the jury's verdict.
At this point, as I see it, if Greyhound broke any laws, it would be going 5 mph over the speed limit. Some claim the D4505 had bad brakes, but there is no evidence and GLI is know for never deferring brake maintenance (they can defer anything other than brakes). Some claim the driver wasn't wearing his glasses, but that's inconceivable from my view as someone who also has poor vision. The evidence of the bent glasses from Jewett's pockets could have been his spares. I sometimes carry my glasses in my pockets when not in use, but there's no way I'm driving without glasses.
And again, most states consider vision as bad as 20/40 to be safe for driving without glasses. Anything worse than 20/40 without glasses would be nigh impossible for the driver to try without immediately crashing.
And then is 5 mph over the limit enough to cause a crash? Could going 5 mph slower have prevented the crash when the SUV had already overturned over the highway? Even if the SUV driver was sober Gonzales instead of drunk Garay, the SUV had still flipped over across the road before the D4505 hit it.