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TAPPEL v. VIDROS

No. 12173.

407 So.2d 789 (1981)

Helen Tappel, Wife of/and Burnett G. TAPPEL and Burnett G. Tappel, Jr. in His Capacity as the Natural Tutor of his Minor Child, Craig Tappel v. Joycelyn L. Vidros, Wife of/and Alton J. VIDROS, and the Travelers Insurance Company.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

December 8, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Boggs, Loehn & Rodrigue, Thomas E. Loehn, New Orleans, for plaintiffs/third-party defendants/appellees.

Law Offices of James J. Morse, John A. Cvejanovich, New Orleans, for defendants/third-party plaintiffs/appellants.

Herman L. Bastian, Jr., Salvador Anzelmo, Avis M. Russell, New Orleans, for third-party defendant and appellee the City of New Orleans.

Before GULOTTA, GARRISON and BARRY, JJ.

GULOTTA, Judge.

In this intersectional accident case we are confronted with two issues: 1) which of the two drivers crossed the intersection while favored with a green light, and 2) whether the City of New Orleans is liable because of a malfunctioning semaphore light at the intersection.

At the time of the accident, the plaintiff automobile, driven by Burnett G. Tappel and occupied by his wife Helen and their young grandson, was traveling in a southerly direction...

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