OWENS v. THORNTON

No. 8247.

349 So.2d 431 (1977)

Irene OWENS v. Jessie W. THORNTON and United Transport, Inc.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied September 8, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bradford R. Roberts, II, Ganucheau & Allmand, New Orleans, for Irene Owens, plaintiff-appellee.

William W. Miles, Porteous, Toledano, Hainkel & Johnson, New Orleans, for Jessie W. Thornton and United Transport, Inc., defendants-appellants.

Before LEMMON, BOUTALL and SCHOTT, JJ.


BOUTALL, Judge.

Plaintiff filed suit for damages arising from an accident in which the plaintiff pedestrian was struck and run over by a tractor-trailer truck driven by Jessie W. Thornton and owned by United Transport, Inc. After trial judgment was rendered for plaintiff and defendants have appealed.

The accident occurred on March 25, 1974 at the intersection of N. Miro Street and Almonaster Avenue in the City of New Orleans. Defendant Thornton was driving...

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