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GALLAND v. NEW ORLEANS PUBLIC SERV., INC.

No. 9881.

370 So.2d 610 (1979)

Donna GALLAND v. NEW ORLEANS PUBLIC SERVICE, INC.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Writ Granted June 1, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Herman & Herman, Fred L. Herman, New Orleans, for plaintiff-appellee.

James Maher, III, New Orleans, for defendant-appellant.

Before REDMANN, LEMMON, STOULIG, BEER and GARRISON, JJ.

LEMMON, Judge.

The issue in this tort case is whether the ankle injury sustained by plaintiff in alighting from defendant carrier's bus was caused by the bus driver's failure to set the passengers down in a safe place (which was plaintiff's sole theory for recovery).

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Plaintiff presented the only three witnesses at trial. Plaintiff herself testified: She and her 13-year old brother were riding the bus on the evening of the accident. The driver passed...

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