SANDERS v. NEW ORLEANS PUBLIC SERVICE, INC.

No. 13269.

422 So.2d 232 (1982)

Dondra SANDERS v. NEW ORLEANS PUBLIC SERVICE, INC.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

November 2, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert L. Manard, III, Manard, Schoenberger & Ryan, New Orleans, for plaintiffappellee.

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

Before KLEES, BYRNES and WARD, JJ.


KLEES, Judge.

Defendant, New Orleans Public Service, Inc., (NOPSI), appeals from a judgment awarding damages to plaintiff, Dondra Sanders, sustained while she was a farepaying passenger on defendant's bus.

The issues presented on appeal are (1) whether the actions of the plaintiff should bar her recovery under the theories of contributory negligence and/or assumption of the risk; and (2) whether the award rendered to her for general damages is excessive.<...

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