ROACH v. NEW ORLEANS PUBLIC SERVICE INC.

No. 11098.

380 So.2d 673 (1980)

Madeleine ROACH v. NEW ORLEANS PUBLIC SERVICE INC. et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

January 31, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John T. Holmes, New Orleans, for plaintiff.

Floyd F. Greene, New Orleans, for New Orleans Public Service Inc.

Before REDMANN, LEMMON and SCHOTT, JJ.


REDMANN, Judge.

Defendant appeals from a judgment for an 83-year-old passenger who fell as a streetcar started up immediately after she boarded, before she had time to get to the nearest seat.

Defendant argues that plaintiff was in good health; that the streetcar is equipped with rods passengers can hold; that there was no substance on the floor; that (according to several witnesses) the streetcar did not start with...

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