WALTON v. REGIONAL TRANSIT AUTHORITY

No. 98-CA-3071.

744 So.2d 132 (1999)

Priscilla WALTON v. REGIONAL TRANSIT AUTHORITY and Transit Management of Southeast Louisiana, Inc., et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

August 18, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anne Duchesne Guste, New Orleans, Louisiana, and Thomas L. Smith, New Orleans, Louisiana, Counsel for Plaintiff/Appellee.

Ranord J. Darensburg, Regional Transit Authority and Transit Management of Southeast Louisiana, Inc., New Orleans, Louisiana, Counsel for Defendant/Appellant.

Court composed of Chief Judge ROBERT J. KLEES, Judge STEVEN R. PLOTKIN, Judge MOON LANDRIEU.


LANDRIEU, Judge.

Defendants, the Regional Transit Authority ["RTA"] and Transit Management of Southeast Louisiana, Inc.["TMSEL"], appeal the trial court's judgment awarding damages to plaintiffs for injuries incurred by their mother, Priscilla Walton, while she was riding on a streetcar. We affirm.

On December 7, 1995, Ms. Walton boarded a RTA streetcar at the corner of Carondelet and Canal Streets in New Orleans. As the streetcar entered the curve on Canal...

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