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BAPTISTE v. WASHINGTON

No. 9052.

359 So.2d 1122 (1978)

Gail M. BAPTISTE v. Daniel WASHINGTON and New Orleans Public Service, Inc. (Consolidated with No. 9053, Diana SHIELDS v. NEW ORLEANS PUBLIC SERVICE, INC. Consolidated with No. 9054, Annie BROWN Individually and on behalf of the Estate of her minor child, Amerales Brown v. NEW ORLEANS PUBLIC SERVICE, INC. Consolidated with No. 9055, Julia GREEN v. NEW ORLEANS PUBLIC SERVICE, INC. and Daniel Washington).

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Writ Refused July 3, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Silvers & Tanet, Michael Silvers, New Orleans, for plaintiff-appellee.

Floyd F. Greene, New Orleans, for defendant-appellant.

Before REDMANN, LEMMON and GULOTTA, JJ.

LEMMON, Judge.

In these four consolidated suits plaintiffs, who were standing passengers on a crowded city bus, sued both the public carrier and the driver of a pickup truck, whose near collision with the bus at an intersection controlled by a traffic light caused the bus driver to brake suddenly and jostle the standing passengers.

The case against the carrier proceeded on two theories: (1) the passengers were injured by the sudden stop, in which the bus driver...

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