Baker v. Great American Insurance

GLADNEY, Judge.

This suit by plaintiff was brought for the purpose of recovering damages resulting from an automobile accident. The demands have been met by counter charges and claims in reconvention by the defendant for both personal injury and property damage. From a judgment in favor of plaintiff, the defendant has appealed.

On February 8, 1960, about dusk-dark, plaintiff was driving his passenger automobile north along a straight stretch of Highway One, several miles south of Coushatta, Louisiana, traveling at a speed of approximately 60 miles per hour. He was overtaking defendant’s pick-up…