Case Name: Severino RODRIGUEZ, et al. v. NEW ORLEANS PUBLIC SERVICE, INC.
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1983-08-09
Citations: 435 So. 2d 423
Docket Number: No. 80-C-2881
Parties: Severino RODRIGUEZ, et al. v. NEW ORLEANS PUBLIC SERVICE, INC.
Judges: 
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 435
Pages: 423–423

Head Matter:
Severino RODRIGUEZ, et al. v. NEW ORLEANS PUBLIC SERVICE, INC.
No. 80-C-2881.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
Aug. 9, 1983.

Opinion:
DENNIS, Judge,
dissenting.
I respectfully dissent.
Included in those risks associated with the conducting of a common carrier enterprise is the risk of harm to a passenger caused by unruly fellow passengers whom the common carrier fails to oversee despite adequate reason to do so. That exact risk is present in this case and I see no reason to forsake our rule which would impose the highest degree of care upon a common carrier to guard against such attacks. Furthermore, as expressed in the reasons assigned by Calogero, J., I believe that the facts support plaintiff's recovery under a standard of reasonable care.