Quigley v. Louisiana & Arkansas Railway Co.

BARHAM, Judge.

Plaintiff instituted this action to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by her and alleged to have been caused by the negligence of the defendant, a public carrier, while plaintiff was a fare-paying passenger. Plaintiff was being transported by the defendant on a passenger train which she had boarded in Shreveport, Louisiana. The train was en route to New Orleans and the estimated elapsed time for the entire trip was six hours and fifty-five minutes. When the train was passing a point just south of Gramercy, approximately one hour from its final destination, a…