Williams v. Pomes

McCALEB, Judge.

These seven suits, which were consolidated below for purposes of trial, grow out of a collision between a truck owned by Firmin E. Pomes and a passenger omnibus of the New Orleans Public Service, Inc., which occurred on the highway in Jefferson Parish near Betz Avenue. The seven plaintiffs were passengers in the public omnibus and sue for damages for physical injuries resulting from the accident which they allege was caused by ■the negligence of the driver of the Pomes truck. Each plaintiff sues for $300, the jurisdictional limit of the First City Court of New Orleans in which…