Legal Opinion
Costanza v. Barker
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided November 10, 1971No. 8551PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LOTTINGER, Judge.
This is an action ex delicto resulting from a rear end collision on the black top road in Abita Springs, Louisiana. From a judgment in favor of plaintiff, defendant has appealed.
The plaintiff, Mrs. Sarah Costanza testified that on April 17, 1969, as she was proceeding to her house and prior to making a left turn into her driveway, she stopped, momentarily, on the highway because some men were on the side of the road with car trouble. She had not as of yet signaled for a left turn when the defendant collided with the rear of her automobile. At the time it was drizzling…
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