Rizzo v. New Orleans Railway & Light Co.

This is a suit for damages against the local street railway arising out of an injury to a passenger.

At the time of the accident plaintiff was seated in an Esplanade Belt ear with her arm on the window sill. A car, moving in the opposite direction, and operated by the defendant company, passed the car in which defendant was seated on the side nearest to her. As this car passed she was heard to scream and discovered to be painfully injured, her arm was fractured. To adopt her own language: “I hollered and I said ‘Mama, I am hurt.’ She said, ‘What struck you?’ I said, ‘I don’t know.’ I couldn’t…