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SHELLINS v. COLAR

Nos. CA-2312, CA-2313.

464 So.2d 894 (1985)

Mercedes SHELLINS, Individually and on Behalf of her Minor Child, Michelle Shellins v. Edwin COLAR, Walter Washington and New Orleans Public Service, Inc. Kim SMITH v. Edwin COLAR.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

February 12, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward P. Comeaux, Anna M. Washburn, New Orleans, for plaintiff-appellant, Mercedes Shellins.

James C. Witcher, II, New Orleans, for plaintiff-appellant, Kim Smith.

Lawrence H. Martin, New Orleans Legal Assistance Corp., New Orleans, for defendant-appellant, Edwin Colar.

Charlton B. Ogden, III, Ogden, Ogden & McCune, New Orleans, for defendant-appellee, N.O. Public Service, Inc.

Before REDMANN, C.J., and BARRY and KLEES, JJ.

BARRY, Judge.

Plaintiffs were awarded damages from a negligent uninsured motorist whose vehicle collided with a left turning New Orleans Public Service bus. Plaintiffs' appeal claims their NOPSI driver was also negligent and the public carrier did not exonerate itself from its high duty of care.

On March 15, 1982 around 10:30 p.m. Michelle Shellins and Kim Smith were farepaying passengers aboard a NOPSI bus driven by Walter Washington. The bus was stopped...

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