Shaw v. Van Dyke

CLEVELAND J. MARCEL, Sr., Judge Pro Tem.

In this automobile accident case a backing motorist collided with an automobile being driven along a public street. From a judgment in favor of plaintiff George Shaw, Jr., the backing-motorist defendant Wayne Van Dyke has appealed.

At approximately 5:00 P.M. on January 17, 1973, Shaw was driving his 1965 Plymouth in a northerly direction in the 1900 block of Lafayette Street in New Orleans. Van Dyke, parked in a position perpendicular to and headed away from Lafayette Street, began to back his vehicle out into the street and in doing so struck the left…