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LAIRD v. TRAVELERS INSURANCE COMPANY

No. 3531.

251 So.2d 73 (1971)

Marshall LAIRD et ux., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. TRAVELERS INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Rehearings Denied August 16, 1971.

Writs Granted October 18, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Holt & Woodley, by Edmund E. Woodley, Lake Charles, for defendant-appellant.

Navarre & Fuselier, by John P. Navarre, Oakdale, for plaintiffs-appellees.

Gist, Methvin & Trimble, by David Hughes, Alexandria, for defendant-appellee.

Before SAVOY, CULPEPPER and MILLER, JJ.

MILLER, Judge.

Plaintiffs' westbound parked pickup truck was blocking about half the westbound lane of a blacktop country road. The overtaking westbound motorist was insured by Travelers Insurance Company. Their insured failed to see the pickup truck in time and rearended it at high speed. The trial court awarded damages to the pickup truck driver and his guest passenger wife, finding that the negligence of the overtaking motorist was the sole legal cause of the accident...

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