Louisiana Court of Appeal December 10, 1997, No. 96-CA-1770 (McMahon v. Regional Transit Authority)

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h JONES, Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment awarding Mona McMahon $166,000 in damages for injuries sustained when she was struck by a bus owned and operated by defendants Regional Transit Authority (RTA), and Transit Management of Southeast Louisiana (TMSEL).

FACTS

On November 20,1986, a bus owned by the RTA struck appellant, Mona McMahon, while she was riding her bicycle.