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JONES v. FONTENOT

No. 7768.

341 So.2d 620 (1977)

Nolan JONES v. Francis FONTENOT et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

January 12, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carville & Edrington, Richard L. Edrington, LaPlace, for plaintiff-appellee.

Taylor, Porter, Brooks & Phillips, Frederick R. Tulley, Baton Rouge, for defendant-appellant.

Before SAMUEL, LEMMON and GULOTTA, JJ.

GULOTTA, Judge.

In this appeal defendant seeks to be absolved from negligence by reliance upon the doctrine of "sudden emergency".

The trial judge, in well-considered and well-written reasons for judgment, stated:

"The evidence shows Nolan Jones, the plaintiff herein, was proceeding on Airline Highway in the direction of Baton Rouge. He was in a line of cars that had come to a stop to allow an unidentified automobile to turn left. That vehicle, according...

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