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BESSARD v. MARCELLO

Nos. CA-2347 to CA-2352.

467 So.2d 2 (1985)

Mary BESSARD and Linda Evans v. Michael MARCELLO, CNA Insurance Company, Cleve Young, ABC Insurance Company and The City of New Orleans. Michael V. MARCELLO v. Cleve YOUNG, The City of New Orleans and Valley Forge Insurance Company. Robert BAKER v. Michael V. MARCELLO, Valley Forge Insurance Company and The City of New Orleans. USF & G COMPANY, Edward Heaton v. Michael MARCELLO, Cleve Young and The City of New Orleans. Rosetta HADRICK and Cleve Young v. Michael MARCELLO Valley Forge Insurance Company and The City of New Orleans. Robert L. SANFORD v. Michael MARCELLO, Valley Forge Insurance Company, Cleve Young and The City of New Orleans.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied April 26, 1985.

Writs Denied June 17, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip D. Lorio, III, New Orleans, for appellee—Valley Forge Ins. Co.

Salvador Anzelmo, City Atty., Douglas P. Wilson, Chief Dept. City Atty., Herbert B. Bowers, Michael L. Martin, Robert Gisevius, Asst. City Attys., New Orleans, for appellee.

Thomas M. Gereighty, New Orleans, for appellant—Mary Bressard & Linda Evans.

Salvador M. Cusimano, New Orleans, for appellant—Michael Marcello.

Clement F. Perschall, Jr., New Orleans, for appellant—Rosetta Hadrick.

William J. Guste, III, Joseph B. Landry, New Orleans, for appellant—Robert Baker.

William L. Brockman, New Orleans, for appellant—Edward Heaton & Parallel Properties.

Margaret A. LeBlanc, New Orleans, for appellant—Robert L. Sanford.

Kenneth C. Hughes, New Orleans, for appellee—Michael Marcello & Valley Forge Ins. Co.

Before GULOTTA, BYRNES, and CIACCIO, JJ.

GULOTTA, Judge.

In these consolidated suits arising out of a two-car intersectional collision involving a stop sign obstructed by a tree branch, multiple appeals have resulted from the trial court's judgment finding one driver's negligence the sole cause of the accident. Concluding that both drivers and the City of New Orleans are solidarily liable, we reverse and recast the judgment.

The collision occurred shortly before 2 a.m. on July 18, 1980, in the center...

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