Wooten v. Bartholomew

SCHOTT, Chief Judge.

This suit arose out of an accident on a two-lane highway between plaintiff’s motorcycle and defendant’s automobile. The motorcycle struck the automobile when defendant made a left turn in plaintiff’s path. The trial court dismissed plaintiffs suit, and plaintiff has appealed. The issue is whether the trial court erred in failing to assign any degree of fault to the defendant.

The accident occurred on state Highway 23 in the town of Port Sulphur at about 11:30 p.m. Deputy Sheriff Bartholomew was on patrol traveling south when he decided to make a police check of a business…