Brown v. Landry

GAUDIN, Judge.

Is a school bus actionably defective if it is not equipped with seat belts for the children passengers and adult supervisors? Is this a triable issue? A trial judge in the *130024th Judicial District, in summarily dismissing several third party claims, said no to both questions. We affirm.

This litigation followed an intersectional collision between a school bus and an 18-wheel tractor trailer in Gretna, Louisiana on March 20, 1985. The school bus was owned and being driven by Malcolm Landry and was being operated under a contract with the Jefferson Parish School Board while the…