Allstate Insurance v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance

MARVIN, Judge.

State Farm and its insured, W. C. Lloyd, appeal from a judgment in favor of Allstate, subrogee of Melvin M. Regan, holding State Farm and Lloyd solidarily liable with one Herman Davis for property damage sustained by the Regan automobile in an accident at an intersection. The amount of the damage award, $612.75, is not disputed and the issues presented are typical of many intersectional and left-turn automobile collisions.

The intersection is that of Caddo and Common Streets in Shreveport, both four-lane streets, at which eastbound traffic on Caddo is controlled by conventional…