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BROWN v. NEW ORLEANS PUBLIC SERVICE, INC.

Nos. 10768, 10769.

376 So.2d 176 (1979)

Thelma BROWN et al. v. NEW ORLEANS PUBLIC SERVICE, INC. Louise WHITE v. NEW ORLEANS PUBLIC SERVICE, INC.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

October 4, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. Scott Carter, New Orleans, for Thelma Brown and Leo Brown.

George P. Vedros, Gretna, for Louise White.

C. B. Ogden, II, New Orleans, for defendant.

Before REDMANN, LEMMON and BOUTALL, JJ.

REDMANN, Judge.

When a high school student on the rear of a crowded streetcar deliberately broke a copper air line causing a loud noise, plaintiffs were injured in the rush to leave the streetcar. The trial judge found the transit company negligent in not providing a conductor (guard) at the rear of the streetcar. The transit company appeals.

We have previously ruled that the transit company need not provide a guard (or the equivalent) on each bus to protect...

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