RED BALL MOTOR FREIGHT, INC. v. YOUNGER BROTHERS, INC.

Nos. 7142, 7144, 7145, 7143.

204 So.2d 781 (1967)

RED BALL MOTOR FREIGHT, INC. v. YOUNGER BROTHERS, INC., et al. GORDON'S TRANSPORTS, INC. v. YOUNGER BROTHERS, INC. Allen J. HERNANDEZ v. GORDON'S TRANSPORTS, INC. and James DeSOTO v. GORDON'S TRANSPORTS, INC., et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

November 13, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jimmie R. Major, Baton Rouge, for Gordon's Transports, Inc.

Gordon M. White, Baton Rouge, Charles A. Riddle, Jr., Marksville, for James DeSoto.

Joseph A. Gladney, Baton Rouge, for Allen J. Hernandez.

Breard Snellings, of Sessions, Fishman, Rosenson & Snellings, New Orleans, for Younger Bros., Inc., James DeSoto and Continental Casualty Co.

Louis G. Baine, Jr., of Seale, Smith, Baine & Phelps, Baton Rouge, for Red Ball Motor Freight, Inc.

Roger M. Fritchie, of Durrett, Hardin, Hunter, Dameron & Fritchie, Baton Rouge, for Gordon's Transports, Inc., and Insurance Co. of North America.

Before LANDRY, REID and BAILES, JJ.


LANDRY, Judge.

These consolidated cases arise from two separate but related accidents which involved three large trucks and which occurred at approximately 2:45 A.M., June 26, 1964, at the intersection of U. S. Highway 61 (the New Orleans-Baton Rouge Airline Highway) and Louisiana Highway 42 (known as Highland Road) in the Parish of East Baton Rouge.

The first accident occurred when an acid laden tractor-tank truck unit owned by Younger Brothers, Inc. (Younger...

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