BURNELL v. SPORTRAN TRANSIT SYSTEM CO.

No. 15042-CA.

421 So.2d 1199 (1982)

Mildred BURNELL, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SPORTRAN TRANSIT SYSTEM COMPANY, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

Writ Denied December 20, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rice & McWilliams by John Ford McWilliams, Jr., Shreveport, for plaintiff-appellant.

Cook, Yancey, King & Galloway by Samuel W. Caverlee, Shreveport, for defendants-appellees.

Before HALL, JASPER E. JONES and NORRIS, JJ.


NORRIS, Judge.

Plaintiff appeals a jury verdict rejecting her claim for damages sustained as a result of personal injuries allegedly sustained while she was a passenger on a "Sportran" bus in Shreveport.

On September 24, 1979, plaintiff boarded bus 606 owned by Transit Management, Inc. [hereinafter referred to as Sportran], insured by Transit Casualty Company, and operated by Christine Daniels, its driver.1 The bus is a GMC diesel...

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