Washington Fire & Marine Insurance v. Firemen's Insurance

FOURNET, Chief Justice.

We granted certiorari to review the judgment of the Court of Appeal, Second Circuit, reversing the district court’s judgment and dismissing the suit of plaintiff, Washington Fire & Marine Insurance Company, subrogee of its insured, Mr. Jewell Nix, against defendant, Fireman’s Insurance Company, the public liability insurer of Mr. Dewey Butts, to recover the amount of property damage sustained by Nix in an automobile collision between his car and one owned and driven by Butts, due to the alleged negligence of Butts in making a left-hand turn across the path of the Nix…