Maher v. New Orleans Linen Supply Co.

Shortly after twelve o'clock noon on December 13th, 1946, plaintiff, Cornelius G. Maher, while crossing Poydras Street in a downtown direction on the river side of Baronne Street, was struck near the middle of the street by an automobile truck of National Linen Service Corporation, which had been driven up Baronne Street and had turned to its left towards the Mississippi River just as plaintiff was crossing. Maher was rather seriously injured, and, alleging that he himself had been without fault and that the accident had been caused by negligence of the operator of the said truck, he brought…