JOHNSON v. LABORDE

No. 7263.

327 So.2d 502 (1976)

Henry JOHNSON v. Hubert P. LABORDE, and New Orleans Public Service, Inc. (Consolidated with No. 7264, Neeb-Kearney and Company, Inc. et al. vs. Hubert Laborde et al., Consolidated with No. 7265, Wallace Shelton vs. New Orleans Public Service, Inc. et al.)

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied March 16, 1976.

Writ Refused May 11, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Birdsall, Alvarez & Rodriquez, Benjamin J. Birdsall, Jr., New Orleans, for plaintiff-appellee.

Adams & Reese, Lloyd W. Hayes, New Orleans, for intervenors-appellees.

Floyd F. Greene, New Orleans, for defendants-appellants.

Before REDMANN, LEMMON and MORIAL, JJ.


LEMON, Judge.

These three consolidated appeals involve an intersectional collision between a tractor-trailer unit and a city bus operated by defendant carrier. Suit No. 7263 presents the claim of the truck driver for personal injuries.1 The trial court awarded damages in all three cases, and defendants appealed.

On appeal defendants concede that the awards were within the range of the judge's discretion, but contest the finding...

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