JACKSON v. GULF INSURANCE COMPANY

No. 48355.

199 So.2d 886 (1967)

250 La. 819

Lloyd JACKSON, Sr., et al. v. GULF INSURANCE COMPANY et al.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied June 30, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald P. Fedoroff, O'Keefe, O'Keefe, Fedoroff & Varela, New Orleans, for petitioners.

Robert N. Ryan, Bienvenu & Culver, New Orleans, for defendant-respondent.


SANDERS, Justice.

This action for damages ex delicto poses the question of whether the disserving testimony of a plaintiff as to the circumstances of an automobile accident bars his recovery as a judicial confession or conclusive admission, despite other preponderating evidence supporting the liability of the defendant. This recurring question lurked near the surface in two recent decisions of this Court.1 It must now be resolved...

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