West v. McDole

PRICE, Judge.

Plaintiffs, Garland O. West and his wife, Lucy P. West, have appealed the judgment of the district court rejecting their demands in a tort action arising out of the collision of Mrs. West’s automobile with the rear of a pickup truck at a stop light in Bossier Cityr, Louisiana, on July 30, 1970. The defendants named by plaintiffs are Hayes McDole, owner and driver of the pickup truck; Allstate Insurance Company, the primary liability insurer of Mc-Dole, and Providence Washington' Insurance Company, his excess liability insurer.

At the time of the accident Mrs. West was engaged in…