AUSTRUM v. CITY OF BATON ROUGE

No. 52958.

282 So.2d 434 (1973)

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

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied September 24, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Coxe & Coxe, James R. Coxe, III, Baton Rouge for plaintiff-respondent.

Joseph F. Keogh, Parish Atty., Edward V. Fetzer, Asst. Parish Atty., for defendant-relator.

Walton J. Barnes, Baton Rouge, for defendant-respondent.


MARCUS, Justice.

This litigation involves an intersectional collision between two vehicles, one operated by Willie D. Lewis and the other operated by Andrew Austrum, with his wife, Edna Austrum, as guest passenger. The intersection, located at Terrace Avenue and Perkins Road in the City of Baton Rouge, was controlled by a single semaphore signal which was not operating properly on the date of the accident. The Austrum vehicle entered the intersection on the amber...

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