Case Name: Martha G. AGUILLARD v. NEW ORLEANS PUBLIC SERVICE, INC.
Court: Louisiana Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1977-06-07
Citations: 348 So. 2d 97
Docket Number: No. 8226
Parties: Martha G. AGUILLARD v. NEW ORLEANS PUBLIC SERVICE, INC.
Judges: Before REDMANN, GULOTTA and BEER, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 348
Pages: 97–97

Head Matter:
Martha G. AGUILLARD v. NEW ORLEANS PUBLIC SERVICE, INC.
No. 8226.
Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.
June 7, 1977.
Rehearing Denied Aug. 1, 1977.
Writ Refused Sept. 27, 1977.
William F. Dodd, New Orleans (Dodd, Barker, Boudreaux, Lamy & Gardner, New Orleans), for plaintiff-appellee.
Floyd F. Greene, New Orleans, for defendant-appellant.
Before REDMANN, GULOTTA and BEER, JJ.

Opinion:
REDMANN, Judge.
Although the testimony of the then-student of bus driving would support a contrary conclusion, the testimony of the actual bus driver (now a policeman) and the investigating policeman support the conclusion that the fluid on the bus floor was slippery (yet another of defendant's employees confirm it was not water) and came from a part of the air-conditioning system of the bus, and that the size of the slippery area was small enough, especially in the early morning light, and its appearance (similar to a little water) on the grooved flooring presented no suggestion of danger, so that plaintiff was not contributorily negligent.
Affirmed.
BEER, J., filed a dissenting opinion and was of the opinion that rehearing should be granted.