Hortman v. Watson

Plaintiffs sue for damages alleged to have been sustained in a collision between the car in which they were driving and a truck parked on Hotchkiss street in the city of Shreveport, Louisiana.

They allege that the truck was parked on said street after night without any lights being displayed on the truck; that the truck had a flat body and the cab part of the truck prevented them from seeing the bed or body of the truck until too late to avoid running into it. They further allege that there was a pole extending out the back of the truck some several feet, which pole plaintiffs allege first…