Legal Opinion
McElveen v. Gant
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided April 21, 1958No. 43455PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TATE, Justice ad hoc.
The present proceedings are before ús on certiorari granted on application of plaintiffs to review a judgment of the Court of Appeal for the Parish or Orleans, 92 So.2d 719, which reversed the trial court’s award of $4,300 to plaintiffs and dismissed their suit.
Mrs. Euna McElveen Belshe was struck by a taxicab in the City of New Orleans while she was making a pedestrian crossing of Tulane Avenue at its intersection with South Claiborne Avenue. She and her husband filed suit for the damages occasioned by her serious personal injuries thereby sustained. Made defendants were…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Jackson v. CookSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1938
- Rottman v. BeverlySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1935
- Cassar v. Mansfield Lumber Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1949
- Russo v. Texas & P. Ry. Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1938
- Deck v. PageLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1955
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3Cited by40 opinions
- Baumgartner v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1978
- Turner v. New Orleans Public Service, Inc.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1985
- Guilbeau v. Liberty Mut. Ins. Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1976
- Eubanks v. WilsonLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1964
- Pierre v. LandrySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1977
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