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SMITH v. WILLIS-GERTRUDE-GEDDES FUNERAL HOMES, INC.

No. 10544.

380 So.2d 752 (1980)

Ruby B. SMITH v. WILLIS-GERTRUDE-GEDDES FUNERAL HOMES, INC., Robert King, Continental Insurance Company, and Firemans Fund Insurance Company.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Dissenting Opinion February 21, 1980.

Rehearing Denied March 17, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Singerman, Cosentino, Broussard, Toups & Troyer, New Orleans, Olden C. Toups, Jr., New Orleans, for plaintiff-appellee.

William H. Voigt, Metairie, for defendants-appellants.

Before REDMANN, GULOTTA, SCHOTT, GARRISON and HOOD, JJ.

HOOD, Judge.

Ruby B. Smith sues to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by her when she attempted to alight from a funeral limousine. The defendants are Robert King, the Willis-Gertrude-Geddes Funeral Homes, Inc., and the latter's insurer, Continental Insurance Company. The trial court rendered judgment in favor of plaintiff, and defendants have appealed. We reverse.

The principal issue presented, and we think the determining one, is whether the...

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