Benton v. Dolese Concrete Co.

LEAR, Judge.

This suit arises from an automobile accident that occurred on the interstate bridge in East Baton Rouge Parish on February 15, 1978, involving plaintiff, Robert Lee Benton (Benton), and a truck owned by defendant, Dolese Concrete Company (Dolese), and insured by defendants Employers National Insurance Company and Harbor Insurance Company. The case went to trial on June 9 and 10 of 1981, and the jury found for the defendant.

According to interrogatories, the jury found that Dolese was not negligent, that Benton was contributorily negligent and had assumed the risk, and that Dolese…