Robertson v. Staub

LEMMON, Judge.

While crossing the River Road in Jefferson Parish, 12-year old Renauldo D. Robertson was struck by an automobile driven by Martin G. Staub and insured by Aetna Casualty and Surety Company. Mrs. Robertson sued for damages, individually and as natural tutrix of her minor child. The trial court dismissed her suit, and she appealed devolutively.

The versions of the accident presented by the two parties were so irreconcilable that the parties and their witnesses appeared to be describing different accidents.

Staub testified that he was returning to his home in New Orleans from a visit…