Legal Opinion
Stevenson v. Harris
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided November 2, 1970No. 3200PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
CULPEPPER, Judge.
This is a suit for damages for personal injuries. Plaintiff, a pedestrian, was struck by a vehicle driven by the defendant, Clinton L. Harris, and insured by Maryland Casualty Company. The district judge allowed plaintiff recovery under the doctrine of last clear chance. Defendants appealed.
In our view, the decisive issue is whether the defendant motorist was negligent. We conclude he was not.
The scene of the accident is in a rural area near Benson, Louisiana on U. S. Highway 171, a two-way, two-lane thoroughfare running generally north and south. The weather was fair and it…
2Cases cited3 opinions
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- Odom v. State Farm Mutual Automobile InsuranceLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1967
- Jacquet v. State Farm Mutual Automobile InsuranceLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1968
3Cited by1 opinion
- Ortego v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Ins. Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1974