Fulks v. Hargis

DUFRESNE, Judge.

David Fulks, individually and on behalf of his minor son Shane, plaintiffs-appellants, bring this appeal from a jury verdict in favor of Allstate Insurance Company, defendant-appellee, in a suit involving injuries to the child resulting from his being hit by an automobile. Because we find no manifest error in the jury’s apparent determination that the driver of the car was not negligent, we affirm.

The facts are straightforward. On March 26, 1979, during the daylight hours, Mrs. Woody Hargis was driving on a residential street in Avondale. The roadway in question is 24 feet…