Stephens v. Cotton Bros. Baking Co

SAVOY, Judge.

This case arises out of a collision between an auto owned and driven by plaintiff, Willie Stephens, and a bread truck owned by Cotton Brothers Baking Company, driven by its employee, Roger Miller, and insured by United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company. The accident oc*909curred on December 30, 1968, on Highway 167 approximately four miles east of Ville Platte, Louisiana, at approximately 2:30 P.M. It had been raining prior to the accident, and the highway was wet.

Defendant’s truck pulled out of a grocery store driveway onto Highway 167 and had proceeded a short distance down the…