AUSTRUM v. CITY OF BATON ROUGE

Nos. 8931, 8932.

267 So.2d 284 (1972)

Andrew AUSTRUM et al. v. CITY OF BATON ROUGE et al. Willie D. LEWIS v. Andrew AUSTRUM et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Rehearing Denied October 11, 1972.

Writ Granted November 21, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph F. Keogh, City Parish Atty., and Edward V. Fetzer, Asst. City Parish Atty., Baton Rouge, for defendant-appellant.

James R. Coxe, III, Baton Rouge, for plaintiff-appellee Austrum.

Robert J. Jones (Highway Dept.), Baton Rouge, for defendant-appellee Highway Dept. of La.

Walton J. Barnes, Baton Rouge, for plaintiff-appellee Lewis.

Before LANDRY, BLANCHE and TUCKER, JJ.


TUCKER, Judge.

The above captioned and numbered suits which were consolidated for trial arose out of a collision which occurred February 2, 1970, at the intersection of Perkins Road and Terrace Avenue in the City of Baton Rouge. This intersection was controlled by a single semaphore signal which alternately showed red, amber, and green signals to control the flow of traffic on the two intersecting streets. By the testimony of several witnesses, some of them city-parish...

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