MERRICK v. WHEELER

Nos. 12944, 13172, 13173.

419 So.2d 555 (1982)

Vernell MERRICK v. Patricia WHEELER, et al. Gertrude EDWARDS v. Esther FALLEN and New Orleans Public Service, Inc. Jean MATTHEWS v. Patricia WHEELER, New Orleans Public Service, Inc., and Esther Fallen.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Writ Denied November 12, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas E. Dunn, Ungar, Jacobs, Manuel & Kain, New Orleans, for plaintiff-appellee, Vernell Merrick.

Harold J. Wheeler, Di Rosa & Wheeler, New Orleans, for plaintiff-appellee, Gertrude Edwards.

Ernest Lee Caulfield, New Orleans, for plaintiff-appellee, Jean Matthews.

James Maher, III, New Orleans, for defendant-appellant, New Orleans Public Service, Inc.

Before SCHOTT, KLEES, and LOBRANO, JJ.


KLEES, Judge.

In each of these consolidated cases, Defendant, New Orleans Public Service, Inc., appeals from judgments for damages sustained by Plaintiffs, Vernell Merrick, Gertrude Edwards and Jean Matthews in an accident which occurred while they were passengers on a bus owned and operated by defendant.

The issue presented on appeal is whether defendant driver's action in parking her bus with the rear end protruding into the street constituted a proximate...

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