Legal Opinion
Fruge v. Thornhill
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided April 10, 1990No. 89 CA 0308PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SHORTESS, Judge.
Evelyn Lea Fruge (plaintiff) was injured in an automobile collision that occurred on the afternoon of September 1, 1984, in the parking lot of a Burger King restaurant located in the 5300 block of Plank Road in Baton Rouge. She entered the parking lot in her Toyota automobile and was struck broadside by a pickup truck, leased by Gulf States Utilities (GSU) and driven by a GSU employee, David Hebert Thornhill. Thorn-hill was backing out of a parking space when the rear bumper and trailer hitch on the truck struck the right front door and fender of plaintiffs automobile.
Plaintiff…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Coco v. Winston Industries, Inc.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1977
- Reck v. StevensSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1979
- Burton v. ForetSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1986
- Rickerson v. Fireman's Fund Ins. Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1989
- Wilson v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1984
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Spangler v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1996
- Trusclair v. Brown Eagle Ice Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1991
- Fruge v. ThornhillSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1990