Jones v. Fontenot

GULOTTA, Judge.

In this appeal defendant seeks to be absolved from negligence by reliance upon the doctrine of “sudden emergency”.

The trial judge, in well-considered and well-written reasons for judgment, stated:

“The evidence shows Nolan Jones, the plaintiff herein, was proceeding on Airline Highway in the direction of Baton Rouge. He was in a line of cars that had come to a stop to allow an unidentified automobile to turn left. That vehicle, according to other testimony, made a U-turn on Airline Highway and proceeded toward New Orleans. Defendant, Francis Fontenot, Jr., was coming from Baton…