GARRIS v. JABBIA

No. 1527.

179 So.2d 486 (1965)

Ernest D. GARRIS et ux., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Vincent A. JABBIA et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

October 27, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John M. Stewart and David T. Caldwell, Jonesboro, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Gold, Hall & Skye, by Leo Gold, Alexandria, Cunningham & Cunningham, by W. Peyton Cunningham, Jr., Natchitoches, for defendants-appellees.

Before TATE, HOOD, and SAVOY, JJ.


TATE, Judge.

The plaintiff Mrs. Garris was struck as she was making a left turn from a state highway into the driveway of her home. She and her husband sue to recover damages from the driver and insurers of the overtaking vehicle which struck her. The trial court dismissed the plaintiff's suit, holding that the negligence of Mrs. Garris was the sole proximate cause of the accident.

Upon their appeal, the plaintiffs-appellants contend that, instead, the overtaking...

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