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WILLIAMS v. LAFAYETTE CITY-PARISH CONSOL.

No. 11-281.

72 So.3d 1023 (2011)

Bernadette WILLIAMS v. LAFAYETTE CITY-PARISH CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENT.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

October 5, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rickey W. Miniex , Clyde R. Simien , Todd M. Swartzendruber , Erica R. Mayon , Simien & Miniex, Lafayette, LA, for Defendant/Appellee, Lafayette City-Parish Consolidated Government.

Harry K. Burdette , The Glenn Armentor Law Corporation, Lafayette, LA, for Plaintiff/Appellant, Bernadette Williams.

Court composed of ULYSSES GENE THIBODEAUX, Chief Judge, MARC T. AMY, and PHYLLIS M. KEATY, Judges.

AMY, Judge.

After the plaintiff fell on a public bus, she filed suit against the city-parish government, alleging that she fell as a result of the bus driver's negligence and that she injured her knees as a result of the fall. After a trial, the trial court entered judgment in favor of the defendant, finding it rebutted any presumption of negligence that arose under the common carrier law. The plaintiff appeals. For the following reasons, we affirm.

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