Legal Opinion
Baptiste v. Washington
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided May 24, 1978No. 9052PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEMMON, Judge.
In these four consolidated suits plaintiffs, who were standing passengers on a crowded city bus, sued both the public carrier and the driver of a pickup truck, whose near collision with the bus at an intersection controlled by a traffic light caused the bus driver to brake suddenly and jostle the standing passengers.
The case against the carrier proceeded on two theories: (1) the passengers were injured by the sudden stop, in which the bus driver either ran the red light or should have seen the truck doing so in time to avoid the accident without an emergency stop, or (2) the…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Carter v. New Orleans Public Service, Inc.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1974
- Sharp v. New Orleans City R.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1903
- Miller v. New Orleans Public Service, Inc.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1940
3Cited by3 opinions
- Dupree v. Louisiana Transit Management, Inc.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1983
- Baptiste v. WashingtonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1978
- Roach v. New Orleans Public Service Inc.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1980