Meyers v. City of Louisiana

SNYDER, Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment in a civil action for damages arising from an accident in which appellant city’s police car struck respondent, a pedestrian. The jury rendered a verdict in favor of respondent in the amount of $20,000.

Appellant’s only point is that respondent failed to make a submissible case under the humanitarian doctrine. Specifically appellants claim respondent failed to prove that Steve Condon, the police officer and driver of the car, could have avoided the accident by either swerving or slackening his speed. The judgment is reversed.

Respondent, a 70 year…