Credeur v. American Employers Liability Insurance

SAVOY, Judge.

This is a suit in tort arising out of an automobile accident which occurred on March 16, 1966, on Landry Road just outside of the City of Lafayette, Lafayette Parish, Louisiana. The accident occurred when plaintiff began a left turn into a private driveway at the entrance of Napasco Chemical Company, and her car collided with an overtaking automobile owned by defendant, Sarah Gercke, and being driven by her minor son, James W. Gercke. Mrs. Gercke and her liability insurer are named as defendants.

After trial on the merits, the district court found the driver of the Gercke car to…