Maroun v. New Orleans Public Service, Inc.

REGAN, Judge.

Plaintiff, Miss Adele Maroun, a passenger, instituted this suit against the defendant, New Orleans Public Service, Inc., endeavoring to recover the sum of $79,269.50 as damages for personal injuries sustained by her at about 11:45 P.M. on February 21, 1950, as a result of being thrown to the floor when an omnibus, owned by the defendant, was brought to a sudden stop by the operator thereof.

The defendant answered admitting the occurrence of the accident, but denied liability therefor, asserting that an emergency was created when a pedestrian “recklessly ran from the neutral ground…