Legal Opinion
Edwards v. Insurance Co. of North America
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided February 5, 1968No. 2901PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
REGAN, Judge.
The plaintiff, Silas Edwards, filed this suit against the defendants, Charles H. Wegmann, Jr., and the Insurance Company of North America, Wegmann’s automobile public liability insurer, endeavoring to recover the sum of $9,924.15 representing damages for personal injuries which he asserts were caused by the negligence of Wegmann in the operation of his motor vehicle.
The defendant answered and denied the foregoing accusation of negligence and then asserted that the accident and resulting injury to the plaintiff was caused entirely by his negligence.
The case was tried in the lower…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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