Holtzclaw v. Falco, Inc.

PRICE, Judge.

This is a suit by the operator of a service station for property damages resulting from an intersectional collision of an automobile and petroleum transport truck. James Holtzclaw was the lessee of an Exxon station located on the southwest corner of the intersection of Louisiana Highways 7 and 160 in Cotton Valley. Traffic at this intersection is controlled by a stop sign and overhead electric signals flashing red, or stop, for traffic approaching on Highway 160, and amber, or caution, for traffic on Highway 7. At approximately 8 a.m. on March 16, 1974, a petroleum transport…