NEWTON v. ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY

Nos. 10996, 10997.

209 So.2d 744 (1968)

Mrs. Sybil H. NEWTON et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY et al., Defendants-Appellees, Eli Patin et al., Defendants-Appellants. Mrs. Charles E. (Billie) HACKLER et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY et al., Defendants-Appellees, Eli Patin et al., Defendants-Appellants.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

Rehearing Denied May 9, 1968.

Writ Refused June 21, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bodenheimer & Jones, Shreveport, for defendants-appellants.

Booth, Lockard, Jack, Pleasant & LeSage, Shreveport, for Mrs. Sybil H. Newton, and others, plaintiffs-appellees.

Lunn, Irion, Switzer, Johnson & Salley, Shreveport, for Mrs. Charles E. (Billie) Hackler, and others, plaintiffs-appellees.

Mayer & Smith, Shreveport, for defendants-appellees.

Before AYRES, BOLIN and PRICE, JJ.


PRICE, Judge.

These cases, which were consolidated for purpose of trial, arise out of an automobile accident which occurred on January 20, 1966, at approximately 12:30 A.M., near the south end of an overpass on U.S. Highway No. 171 just south of the city limits of Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana. The three vehicles involved were traveling in a southerly direction on U.S. Highway 171. The overpass referred to consists of two separate bridges, each carrying two...

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