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GUILLORY v. FIDELITY & CASUALTY CO. OF NEW YORK

No. 3475.

251 So.2d 199 (1971)

John GUILLORY, Individually and as Administrator of the Estate of his minor child, Simona Guillory, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. FIDELITY & CASUALTY COMPANY OF NEW YORK et al., Defendants-Appellants.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Rehearing Denied August 16, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stockwell, St. Dizier, Sievert & Viccellio by Robert W. Thomas, Lake Charles, for defendant-appellant.

Raymond D. Fuljenz, Lake Charles, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before SAVOY, CULPEPPER and MILLER, JJ.

MILLER, Judge.

A southbound bicyclist failed to obey a YIELD sign at a blind intersection and was struck by an eastbound motorist traveling the favored street. The trial court awarded damages to the bicyclist and her father on a finding that the sole proximate cause of the accident was the negligence of the motorist. We reverse. We find that the negligence of the bicyclist was also a legal cause of the accident.

The accident occurred at about 4:40 p. m. on...

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