SMITH v. REGIONAL TRANSIT AUTHORITY

Nos. 89-CA-1209, 89-CA-1210.

559 So.2d 995 (1990)

Brady SMITH, Jr., et al. v. REGIONAL TRANSIT AUTHORITY, et al. Consolidated with Rhonda BROGLIN, et al. v. TRANSIT MANAGEMENT OF SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA, INC., et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Rehearings Denied May 17, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wayne C. Giordano, Belle Chasse, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Nat G. Kiefer, Jr., Kiefer, Kiefer & Schneider, New Orleans, for defendants-appellants.

Before GARRISON, BARRY, KLEES, CIACCIO and WILLIAMS, JJ.


WILLIAMS, Judge.

Defendant, Regional Transit Authority (RTA), and plaintiffs, Reverend Brady Smith, Jr. and his wife Janie Smith, appeal the judgment of the trial court which awarded damages to plaintiffs for injuries that Mr. Smith sustained while a passenger on an RTA bus. We reverse.

Facts

On April 25, 1985, Rev. Smith was a passenger on RTA bus No. 558. The bus, operated by Pamela J. Bagneris, was proceeding north on Desire Street as it...

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