Miller v. General Accident Fire & Life Assurance Corp.

DOMENGEAUX, Judge.

This tort suit was instituted by plaintiff-appellant, Clyde D. Miller, against his own automobile liability insurer, General Accident Fire & Life Assurance Corp., Ltd., defendant-appellee, as a result of an accident which occurred on April 1, 1969, during the hours of darkness at approximately 11 P. M. The trial court rejected plaintiffs demands and ordered the suit dismissed at his costs on the basis that plaintiff was himself guilty of negligence proximately causing the accident. We affirm.

At the time of the accident hereinafter described plaintiff and his companions were…