Vicknair v. Olin

BOUTALL, Judge.

This is a case involving a collision between an automobile attempting to make a left turn and its following vehicle.

Royce O. Cornelius, appellant, was driving an automobile rented from the Hertz Corporation, also an appellant herein, in an easterly direction on U.S. Highway 61 near LaPlace at the time the accident occurred. Wishing to stop for lunch, Cornelius spotted a restaurant on the opposite side of the four-lane highway. At this point the highway is divided by a grass covered median. Since he was travelling in the right hand lane, it was necessary to move into the left…