Davis v. Regional Transit Authority

It EDWIN A. LOMBARD, Judge.

STATEMENT OF FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

On April 16, 1996, Geraldine Davis (plaintiff) filed suit against the Regional Transit Authority (RTA) and John Doe, the unknown bus driver, for injuries allegedly sustained aboard an RTA bus. On May 14, 2002, plaintiff filed a supplemental and amending petition, naming Samuel B. Fairley (Fairley) as the defendant bus driver and, naming for the first time, Transit Management of Southeast Louisiana (TIMSEL), as an additional defendant.

On May 8, 2002, the RTA filed a Motion for Summary Judgment, seeking to be dismissed on…