James v. Robinson
Louisiana Court of Appeal
1Opinion of the Court
_|jCARAWAY, J.
The plaintiffs’ car was hit when the defendant’s vehicle rolled backwards as he attempted to put his car in drive after a train cleared a railroad crossing. Although the trial court found defendant totally at fault in causing the accident, the plaintiffs appeal the favorable trial court judgment claiming that the trial court committed legal error and awarded them inadequate damages. Finding neither legal nor manifest error in the judgment, we affirm.
Facts
The defendant, Jimbo Ivory Robinson, stopped his automobile in front of the car of Barbara and Louis James waiting at a train…
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