Francis v. La Pierre

COWART, Judge.

A vehicle operated by Margaret Hamilton and in which appellant, Marvine Francis, was a passenger, collided with the rear of a stopped or stopping vehicle operated by Kenneth Lee Smith and was soon in turn struck from the rear by a vehicle operated by appellee George La Pierre. Francis sued La Pierre but not Hamilton nor Smith.

The trial judge instructed the jury that La Pierre was negligent and that the issue was whether such negligence was the legal cause of any no-fault threshold-injuries sustained by Francis. The jury was also instructed that if Francis’ injuries resulted from…