Alexander v. New Orleans Public Service, Inc.

GARRISON, Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the district court, granting to plaintiff $3,000.00 in damages and to her husband $100.00 in damages for injuries incurred as a result of a fall on a New Orleans Public Service bus. At the time of the accident, Mrs. Alexander was 66 years old.

The trial judge provided the following written reasons for judgment:

“The plaintiff is a 67 year old female, and a very impressive witness — polite, courteous, cooperative and timid. She got on the New Orleans Public Service bus as it was parked alongside the curb. She paid her fare and was in the…