Fontenot v. Southern Farm Bureau Casualty Insurance

TATE, Judge.

This suit arises from an overtaking accident. A collision occurred between the plaintiff Fontenot’s automobile and a car driven by Regile Bordelon. Fontenot sues Bordelon’s liability insurer for the damages thereby sustained.

The trial court dismissed the plaintiff’s suit, holding that Fontenot’s contributory negligence barred his recovery, even though it was also held that Bordelon was likewise negligent in cutting too swiftly in front of Fontenot while passing. (In a companion suit, the trial court therefore held the defendant liable to Fontenot’s wife, who was a passenger in his…