United Services Automotive Ass'n v. Mader

SCHOTT, Judge.

Plaintiffs, Richard T. Stein and his collision insurer, filed suit for damage to a 1971 Volkswagen automobile sustained in an accident on November 2, 1972, at the intersection of St. Bernard and St. Claude Avenues, in the City of New Orleans. Defendant reconvened for damages to his Volkswagen bus, and after a trial on the merits plaintiffs’ main demand was dismissed and defendant was awarded a judgment on his reconventional demand in the amount of $200. Plaintiffs have appealed.

At the scene of the accident St. Bernard is a two-way street divided by a painted stripe. The west, or…