Favalora v. New Orleans Ry. & Light Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Civil District Court, Parish of Orleans; George I-I. ThSard, Judge. Action by Mrs. Catherine Petrie Favalora against the New Orleans Railway & Light Company. Judgment for plaintiff for $200, and she appeals and asks for an increase of the judgment.
1Opinion of the CourtLeche, J.
Plaintiff sues to recover $4,-550, damages alleged to have been suffered by her as a result of physical injury inflicted upon her while a passenger on one of defendant’s street cars in the city of New Orleans.
Plaintiff had taken passage on a Peters avenue car, and when it reached the intersection of Howard avenue and Carondelet street, it collided with a Tulane Belt car, also owned and controlled by defendant. The collision was violent enough to derail the front trucks of both cars, and though plaintiff received no bruises and was not thrown from her seat, the shock to her nervous system…
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