Jones v. Malone Freight Lines, Inc.

AUGUSTINE, Judge.

Plaintiffs, Morris Jones and his guest passenger Robert Husband filed suit against Malone Freight Lines, Inc. and its employee Robert Swafford, Jr. to recover damages for personal injuries arising out of an accident which occurred on January 19, 1981 at about 4:00 p.m. in the City of New Orleans. The plaintiffs were proceeding in a southerly direction on South Broad Street in the far right lane. Robert Swafford was driving a tractor-trailer truck, owned by Malone Freight Lines, Inc. Swafford attempted to make a right turn from the center lane on South Broad Street into a…