TILLMAN v. CANAL INSURANCE CO.

No. 10013.

305 So.2d 602 (1974)

Catherine Jenkins TILLMAN, Ind. v. CANAL INSURANCE CO. et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Rehearing Denied December 16, 1974.

Writ Refused February 7, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roger M. Fritchie, Baton Rouge, for Mr. Mills and Canal Ins. Co.

Henry D. Salassi, Jr., Baton Rouge, for Mr. Thomason & Fireman.

John Dale Powers, Baton Rouge, for defendant-appellee-appellant.

William C. Kaufman, III, Baton Rouge, for appellee.

Before LOTTINGER and COVINGTON, JJ., and BAILES, J. Pro Tem.


BAILES, Judge Pro Tem.

On October 16, 1969, at 3:30 a. m., eight miles south of Clinton, Louisiana, on a straight inclined section of Highway 67, a tractor-trailer unit owned by Sanders Pecan Company, Inc., driven by Leonard C. Mills, and insured by Canal Insurance Company, struck a three foot high pile of gravel in its southbound lane of travel. This tractor-trailer unit went out of control, crossed over to the northbound traffic lane, crashed headon into a pickup...

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