Lewis v. Toledo National Insurance Co.

LEAR, Judge.

Plaintiff-appellant is appealing the ruling of the lower court dismissing his suit in tort.

Succinctly, the facts are that plaintiff was driving his 1968 Chrysler automobile northbound along a section of U.S. 51 in Tangipahoa Parish. The time was approximately 11:00 p. m. At the same time defendants, Elias Sandel and Jimmy Hammer, who were operating a 1972 Ford automobile and a 1968 Chevrolet automobile, respectively, were involved in an accident which caused an obstruction of the northbound lane of U.S. 51. In addition to these circumstances, there was testimony of some slight…