Ledoux v. Beyt

Plaintiff filed this suit as an action in tort against the defendant Dr. J.L. Beyt and his public liability insurance carrier, Traders General Insurance Company, for damages by reason of the negligence of the driver of one of Dr. Beyt's sugar cane trucks, in having parked it on the highway in the nighttime, in the center of its lane of traffic, without lights and without any warning or other signal of its presence there, thus causing him to run into it with his automobile with the result that he suffered severe physical pain and the loss of his car. The demand is for the total sum of $1556,…