GENTRY v. BARBER

No. 8397.

351 So.2d 215 (1977)

Keland GENTRY and Ellen Lynn Gentry v. Jefferson BARBER, Individually and State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied November 10, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brumfield & Brumfield (William P. Brumfield, Baton Rouge), for plaintiffs-appellees.

Porteous, Toledano, Hainkel & Johnson (Henry Leon Sarpy), New Orleans, for defendants-appellees (State Farm).

Pitard, Pitard & Porobil, New Orleans, James E. McGuire, New Orleans, for defendants-appellants (August Mitchell and Checker Cabs, Inc.).

Before STOULIG, BOUTALL and SCHOTT, JJ.


SCHOTT, Judge.

This is a tort action arising out of an automobile accident which occurred at the intersection of Jefferson Davis Parkway and Tulane Avenue in New Orleans on September 16, 1974.

Plaintiffs were passengers in a taxicab driven by defendant, August Mitchell, and owned by defendant, Checker Cabs, Inc. Before the accident the cab was proceeding west on Tulane Avenue and upon reaching the northbound side of Jefferson Davis Parkway the cab collided...

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