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WEYSHAM v. NEW ORLEANS PUBLIC SERVICE, INC.

No. 11046.

385 So.2d 19 (1980)

Lloyd WEYSHAM, Jr. and Louis Weysham v. NEW ORLEANS PUBLIC SERVICE, INC.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied July 3, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Maher, III, New Orleans, for defendant-appellant.

Zelden & Zelden, Frederick W. Wild, III, New Orleans, for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before GULOTTA, SCHOTT and CHEHARDY, JJ.

GULOTTA, Judge.

The question in this appeal by defendant, New Orleans Public Service, Inc. (NOPSI), is whether NOPSI can be held liable for a battery against plaintiff, which defendant's employee either caused, assisted or encouraged. We conclude NOPSI is liable and affirm.

The incident occurred on July 11, 1978. Defendant's employee, Joe Morris, Jr., was operating a bus along the Haynes Boulevard route between Elysian Fields Avenue and Paris Road on an 8...

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