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LOUISIANA POWER & LIGHT COMPANY v. THORNTON

No. 2005.

185 So.2d 29 (1966)

LOUISIANA POWER & LIGHT COMPANY v. John L. THORNTON, Malcolm R. Hood, Liberty Mutual Insurance Company and New Hampshire Insurance Company.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

April 4, 1966.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Monroe & Lemann, Melvin I. Schwartzman, Andrew P. Carter, Eugene G. Taggart, W. Malcolm Stevenson, New Orleans, for plaintiff-appellee.

Thomas O. Lind of Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Denegre, New Orleans, for defendant-appellee.

H. F. Foster, III, Bienvenu & Culver, New Orleans, for defendant-appellant.

Before McBRIDE, CHASEZ and BARNETTE, JJ.

McBRIDE, Judge.

In the darkness of early morning on November 20, 1961, in the Parish of Jefferson, an automotive station wagon owned and operated by John L. Thornton and a large tractor-trailer unit owned by S. D'Antoni, Inc., and driven by its employee, Malcolm R. Hood, came into collision. Both vehicles were travelling on what is known as Airline Highway in the direction of Baton Rouge; the accident happened at about Turnbull Drive, which intersects the highway...

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