Watkins v. Cheatham

Judge MICHAEL E. KIRBY.

| plaintiff, Jessie W. Watkins, appeals the trial court judgment granting the exception of no cause of action filed on behalf of defendants, Regional Transit Authority (“RTA”) and Transit Management of Southeast Louisiana, Inc. (“TMSEL”), and dismissing plaintiffs claims against those defendants.

On August 30, 1996, plaintiff filed a petition for damages resulting from a September 12, 1995 accident in which the bus she was operating was struck from the rear by a vehicle driven by Aubrey Cheatham. Plaintiff named as defendants Cheatham; Total Power Electric, Inc.,…