Legal Opinion
Giorlando v. Northern Assurance Co. of America
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided July 26, 1988No. Nos. 88-CA-180, 88-CA-181PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
DUFRESNE, Judge.
These consolidated matters arise out of a one-car accident in which a teen-age boy and girl were tragically killed. The accident occurred at about 3:26 A.M. on Easter morning in 1984, near the intersection of Transcontinental Drive and Veterans Boulevard in Jefferson Parish. Witnesses stated that they saw the car, a 1983 Chevrolet Camaro Z-28, traveling at a high rate of speed on Transcontinental. When it crossed Veterans, it appeared to become air-borne, then “bottomed out” leaving gash marks in the road where the bottom of the car scraped the ground. After crossing Veterans,…
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- Canter v. Koehring CompanySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1973
- Jordan v. Travelers Insurance CompanySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1971
- Succession of LyonsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1984
- Taylor v. DupreeLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1986
- Ehrhard v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Ins. Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1973
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