Cowart v. Southern Farm Bureau Casualty Insurance Co.
Louisiana Court of Appeal
1Opinion of the Court
MILLER, Judge.
Defendant Southern Farm Bureau Casualty Insurance Company appeals the judgment awarding damages to plaintiff Charles Michael Cowart and his minor son. Plaintiffs were injured in a headon collision which occurred in their lane when de*358fendants insured made an unsignaled left turn. Plaintiffs answered the appeal seeking an increase in the award. We affirm.
The thrust of defendant’s assignments of error is that Cowart’s headlights went out when he was some 170 yards from the site of the accident and some 200 yards from defendant’s insured, James Fontenot. The trial judge rejected…
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- Olivier v. AbunzaSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1954
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