Richards v. Everett

GULOTTA, Chief Judge.

In this two vehicle collision case, plaintiffs appeal from a judgment dismissing their suit after a jury trial on the merits. We affirm.

The accident occurred in wet conditions on May 30, 1979, at the intersection of Coliseum Street and Jackson Avenue in New Orleans. Stephanie Richards, who had been proceeding riverbound on Jackson in her 1977 Oldsmobile station wagon, was attempting to execute a U-turn at the Coliseum Street corner in the narrow median or neutral ground separating the opposite traffic lanes on Jackson. While Richards was stopped at the median to await the…