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JACOBS v. KIMBROUGH

No. 13917.

376 So.2d 1273 (1979)

Loin F. JACOBS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Doyle KIMBROUGH, et al., Defendants-Appellants.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

September 24, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gordon E. Rountree, Shreveport, for defendants-appellants Doyle Kimbrough, Southern County Mut. Ins. Co. and Kimbrough Brothers Trucking Co.

Rothell & Toups, Ltd. by David A. Rothell, Mansfield, for defendant-appellant Roy Lee Coleman.

Bethard & Davis by J. Q. Davis, Coushatta, for plaintiff-appellee Loin F. Jacobs.

Before PRICE, MARVIN and HEARD, JJ.

PRICE, Judge.

The primary question on this appeal is whether the trial court was in error in finding that the driver of the overtaking vehicle was solely at fault in causing the accident and failing to find contributory negligence on the part of the left-turning motorist. A second issue concerns whether the damages awarded were excessive.

The accident in question happened at 6:15 a. m. on July 18, 1977, near the...

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