Legal Opinion
Williams v. Stewart
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided September 22, 2010No. 2010-CA-0457PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PATRICIA RIVET MURRAY, Judge.
| ,This is a survival action under La. C.C. art. 2315.1. This action arises out of a pedestrian-automobile accident. The trial court’s finding of comparative fault — fifty percent to both the pedestrian and the driver — is not disputed. The principal issues on appeal are causation and damages.
FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
On November 19, 2008, Flora Williams, an eighty-eight year old pedestrian, was attempting to walk across South Broad Street in New Orleans when she was struck by the vehicle driven by James Stewart, an on-duty deputy with the Orleans Parish…
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