Vicknair v. Malbrough

BOWES, Judge.

Tom Victory, a defendant in the present action, has appealed a jury verdict finding him 25% (comparatively) negligent in the automobile accident which is the subject of this suit. We amend the jury verdict and the judgment on appeal, for the reasons assigned below, so as to find no negligence on the part of appellant.

Defendant Tom Victory was a full-time deputy sheriff in the St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff’s office in August, 1983. On August 19, 1983, at approximately 6:15 a.m., while on duty, Deputy Victory was on Windsor Boulevard, at the intersection of Airline Highway.…