Coleman v. Riley

I,PLOTKIN, Judge.

The sole issue in this red lighi/green light accident dispute is whether the trial court erred in dividing the liability equally between the two drivers. Finding no manifest error in the trial court judgment assigning 50 percent of the liability to each of the drivers involved in the accident, we affirm.

The accident underlying this appeal occurred at the corner of Canal and Broad Streets in the City of New Orleans around 6 p.m. on September 19, 1997. Both Canal *1073and Broad have six lanes at that location, three lanes in each direction. Plaintiff, Yolanda Coleman, was operating…