Legal Opinion
Mercante v. Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Co.
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided January 18, 1963No. 5730PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ELLIS, Judge.
This is a suit to recover for personal injuries, loss of earnings, medical expenses, and property damages claimed by plaintiff as a result of an automobile accident which occurred on the outskirts of Hammond, Louisiana, on April 22, 1960. It appears that a pick up truck owned and operated by plaintiff was proceeding in an easterly direction when the automobile owned by Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company and operated by its employee, Pierre Poursine, who without looking, backed out into the highway into the side of plaintiff’s truck.
Suit was filed by plaintiff and…
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- Attaya v. ZimmerleLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1955
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