Morales v. Employers' Liability Assur. Corp.

ROGERS, Justice.

Mrs. Mary C. Morales sued to recover damages for personal injuries suffered near the Town of Independence in the Parish of Tangipahoa, when she fell from an ambulance while accompanying her sick daughter from the state hospital at Independence to a hospital in the City of New Orleans. The ambulance was the property of the State of Louisiana, or the Department of Public Welfare, and was used for transporting charity patients treated at the state hospital at Independence. At the time the accident occurred, the ambulance was driven by an employee of the hospital whose duty it was…