McGinity v. Marquette Casualty Co.

YARRUT, Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the District Court, in a direct action against the insurer, awarding Plaintiff $4111.85 damages for personal injuries sustained when she was knocked or fell from a 5-foot aluminum stepladder while watching a Mardi Gras Parade in the City of New Orleans in March 1962, at about 11 A M., at the intersection of St. Charles Ave. and St. Andrew St. The alleged offending float was the 4th of a series of floats of the parade of the Krewe of Elks which followed immediately behind the Rex Parade.

Plaintiff, a widow 52 years of age, weighing 150 lbs.,…