Manuel v. Regional Transit Authority

JAMES F. McKAY III, Judge.

| j Plaintiff, Anne M. Manuel, appeals the trial court judgment granting a motion for summary judgment in favor of defendants, Regional Transit Authority and Transit Management of Southeast Louisiana (collectively “RTA”). For the reasons set forth below, we affirm.

STATEMENT OF FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

On August 15, 2003, Ms. Manuel and her father, Joseph Manuel, boarded RTA streetcar No. 463 at the foot of Canal Street in New Orleans, Louisiana. The petition for damages filed in this matter alleges that as Ms. Manuel stepped onto the streetcar step with her left…