Boykin v. Louisiana Transit Co., Inc.

707 So.2d 1225 (1998)

Tammie Jo BOYKIN, et al.

v.

LOUISIANA TRANSIT COMPANY, INC., et al.

No. 96-C-1932.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

March 4, 1998.

Rehearing Denied April 24, 1998.

Kenneth C. Fonte, Metairie, Kimberly A. Danehower, for Applicant.

Owen J. Bradley, Michael R. Guidry, Frederick W. Swaim, Jr., New Orleans, for Respondent.

LEMMON, Justice.[*]

This is a tort action arising from an accident in which plaintiff, a pedestrian crossing a highway at a controlled T-intersection, was struck by a vehicle that entered the intersection on a red traffic signal. The principal issue is whether the…