Howell v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co.

CRAIN, Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment in favor of the plaintiff, Johnny W. Howell, finding him free from fault in an automobile accident and granting him damages against Dorothy Mae Watts and her insurer.

FACTS

The accident occurred on Church Street in Hammond, Louisiana, on October 2, 1987. Church Street runs generally in an east-west direction. About 80 feet west of the intersection of Church Street with North Morrison Boulevard, there is a private drive located on the south side of Church Street which furnishes ingress and egress into and from Church Street and two lots belonging to…