PATE v. REGIONAL TRANSIT AUTHORITY

No. 2008-CA-1147.

8 So.3d 744 (2009)

Rebecca PATE, Sharon A. Clark and Reva Morgan Individually and On Behalf of her Minor Child Renia Gant as the Natural Tutrix v. REGIONAL TRANSIT AUTHORITY, XYZ Insurance Company and Transit Management of Southeast Louisiana.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

March 11, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pius A. Obioha, Law Offices of Pius A. Obioha & Associates, LLC, New Orleans, LA, for Rebecca Pate, Sharon Clark, Reva Morgan individually, and on Behalf of their Minor Child, Renia Gant, as the Natural Tutrix.

Veronica E. Henry, Wilkerson & Henry, LLC, New Orleans, LA, for Regional Transit Authority and Transit Management of Southeast Louisiana, Inc.

(Court composed of Chief Judge JOAN BERNARD ARMSTRONG, Judge PATRICIA RIVET MURRAY, Judge PAUL A. BONIN.


PAUL A. BONIN, Judge.

Rebecca Pate1 claims that she was injured while a passenger on an RTA2 bus on February 15, 2002. On August 1, 2005, she filed this lawsuit against the RTA. The RTA filed an exception of prescription, which the district court granted on December 26, 2007. For the reasons which follow, we amend the trial court's judgment and, as amended, affirmed.

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