Greyhound Lines, Inc. v. Duhon

PEDEN, Justice.

Greyhound perfected this appeal from a judgment based on a jury verdict in favor of Mrs. Juanette Duhon and Mrs. Norma Broussard for the personal injuries they received in a head-on collision of the Greyhound bus they were riding and an All Woods lumber company truck near Vinton, Louisiana, on August 27, 1965. The collision was a violent one; several persons were killed and a number of others were seriously injured.

Mr. Leo Broussard, husband of Norma, was also a party plaintiff in the trial court, but the judgment in his favor was, after remittitur, paid by Greyhound. All Woods…