WILLIS v. REGIONAL TRANSIT AUTHORITY

No. 95-CA-2350.

672 So.2d 1013 (1996)

Janie Mae WILLIS v. REGIONAL TRANSIT AUTHORITY, Haron Shelton and Liberty Lloyds Insurance Company.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

March 27, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Neville G. Orrett, Kenner, for Plaintiff/Appellant.

Kenneth Randall Evans, Lane A. Schaffer, the Law Offices of K. Randall Evans, New Orleans, for Defendant/Appellee.

Before KLEES, JONES and LANDRIEU, JJ.


LANDRIEU, Judge.

This case arises from a accident in which Janie Mae Willis was injured while a passenger on a Regional Transit Authority (RTA) bus. The trial court granted a directed verdict in favor of the RTA. We affirm.

In November 1989, Willis boarded a RTA bus driven by John Legier at the corner of Canal and Marais Streets. While Legier waited for a traffic signal to change, Willis, who has arthritis, slowly made her way to a seat after passing several...

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