Legal Opinion

Delatte v. Wild

Louisiana Court of Appeal

Decided May 5, 1980No. 13354PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

LEAR, Judge.

This is an action for damages growing out of a two-car collision along a rural road in Livingston Parish.

The trial court found that plaintiff-appel-lee, Anthony J. Delatte (Delatte), was operating his father’s automobile along Koto Road when suddenly and without any prior warning defendant-appellant, Lloyd Wild, Jr. (Wild), pulled his pickup truck out onto the highway, across the lane of travel of the Delatte vehicle. Although the Delatte vehicle apparently took emergency action to avoid the accident, a collision ensued with the truck striking the Delatte vehicle on the right…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Dawson Engineers, Inc. v. Lemel Iron Works, Inc.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1975
  2. Odenwald v. W.J.B.W. Radio StationLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1965

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Hebert v. Louisiana & Arkansas Railway Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1983

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