Legal Opinion
Vaughn v. Cortez
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided November 30, 1965No. 1573PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FRUGÉ, Judge.
Plaintiff, Jessie Vaughn, instituted suit against the defendants, Giford Cortez, Cortez Construction Company, Inc., and General Accident Fire & Life Assurance Corporation, Ltd., the liability insurer of Cortez’s automobile. This suit was to recover the sum of $20,694.50 for damages and personal injuries incurred by him as a result of an accident which occurred on September 22, 1962.
Defendants answered and denied the existence of any negligence on the part of Cortez. In the alternative, they pleaded the contributory negligence of Vaughn and that he assumed the risk by which he was…
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