Scott v. New Orleans Public Service, Inc.

CHRIS T. BARNETTE, Judge pro tem.

This is a suit in tort to recover damages for injuries which the plaintiff, Roosevelt Scott, allegedly suffered upon a streetcar operated by the defendant, New Orleans Public Service, Inc. The trial court granted judgment in favor of the defendant, dismissing plaintiff’s suit at his cost. From that judgment plaintiff has appealed.

As a prerequisite for the consideration of whether or not a defendant has acted in a negligent manner we must find that an act or omission of the defendant has been the cause in fact of the plaintiff’s injury. Home Gas & Fuel Co. v.…