Legal Opinion
Silva v. Allen
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided January 10, 1972No. 4703PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
REGAN, Judge.
Plaintiff, Beverly Silva, individually and as natural tutrix of her two minor children, filed this suit to recover damages for the wrongful death of her husband. Louis Silva was struck and killed by an automobile as he and Donald Bergens1 were standing in the right traffic lane near the shoulder of U. S. Highway 90, endeavoring to pour gasoline into the tank of their station wagon. Plaintiff asserted that the proximate cause of the accident was the negligence of the defendant driver in, inter alia, failing to see the victim in order to avoid striking him and in driving while…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Rancatore v. EvansLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1966
- Connecticut Fire Insurance v. Illinois Central RailroadLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1968
- Bergens v. AllenLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1972
3Cited by6 opinions
- Highstreet v. Regency Apartment HotelLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1976
- Bergens v. AllenLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1972
- Fowler v. JordanLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1981
- Austin v. PascarelliLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1988
- Gonzales v. BUILD-A-BEAR WORKSHOP, INC.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 2009
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