Hankton v. New Orleans Public Service, Inc.

SAMUEL, Judge.

Defendant, a public carrier, appeals from a $2,000 judgment (consisting of $1,000 in stipulated medical expenses and $1,000 for pain and suffering) awarded plaintiff, a fare paying passenger, for injuries allegedly sustained by her when she fell while alighting from a defendant bus.1 Plaintiff also appeals seeking an increase in the general damage award.

The only evidence contained in the record relative to the manner in which the accident happened is the testimony of four witnesses, two for the plaintiff and two for the defendant.

Plaintiff testified: She was seated near the rear…