CARNEY v. STATE FARM MUT. AUTO. INS. CO.

No. 5488.

335 So.2d 759 (1976)

Roy Lynn CARNEY and Betty Jo Carney, Plaintiffs and Appellees, v. STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY et al., Defendants and Appellants.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Rehearing Denied August 18, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gist, Methvin & Trimble by DeWitt T. Methvin, Jr., Alexandria, for defendants and appellants.

Kelly, Seaman & Ware by Richard N. Ware, Natchitoches, for plaintiffs and appellees.

Before CULPEPPER, GUIDRY and BERTRAND, JJ.


CULPEPPER, Judge.

This is a suit for damages for personal injuries received in an automobile accident. The plaintiff, Mrs. Betty Jo Carney, was driving her automobile. It collided with a pickup truck driven by defendant's insured, Alton Holman. The district judge held Holman was negligent. He absolved Mrs. Carney of contributory negligence on the basis of the sudden emergency doctrine. Defendant appealed.

The issues are: (1) Was Holman negligent? (2) Was Mrs...

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