STOVALL v. TOM HICKS TRANSFER CO., INC.

Nos. 5-266, 5-267.

425 So.2d 833 (1982)

Dorothy and Ralph STOVALL v. TOM HICKS TRANSFER COMPANY, INC., William C. McGee and Empire Fire and Marine Insurance Company. STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY and Ralph Stovall v. William C. McGEE and Tom Hicks Transfer Company.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied February 17, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bienvenu, Foster Ryan & O'Bannon, New Orleans, Robert O. Ryan, for defendants and appellants.

Weidner & Brooks, John H. Brooks, Gretna, Porteous, Toledano, Hainkel & Johnson, Henry Leon Sarpy, Brierre & Malone, Eugene D. Brierre, New Orleans, for plaintiffs and appellees.

Before BOWES, GAUDIN, and DUFRESNE, JJ.


DUFRESNE, Judge.

This case involves an automobile accident at an intersection controlled by a traffic light. The intersection in question consisted of a divided four lane highway crossed by a two lane, two-way street. The facts of the case are simple. Mr. Ralph Stovall was stopped at the red light heading south on the two-lane street. When the light turned green, he hesitated for a few seconds to check the highway traffic before attempting a left turn into the eastbound...

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