SANCHEZ FERNANDEZ v. GENERAL MOTORS CORP.

No. 86-C-0133.

491 So.2d 633 (1986)

Mrs. Mary SANCHEZ FERNANDEZ v. GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION, New Orleans Public Service Inc. and Edna Massey.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied September 4, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charlton Ogden, II, New Orleans, for defendant-applicant.

John Dorsey, Israel Augustine, Matthew Collins, Jr., Schaefer & Schaefer, New Orleans, for respondents.


LEMMON, Justice.

We granted certiorari to review a decision of the court of appeal which reversed the trial court's judgment notwithstanding the verdict in favor of the defendant and held that the doctrine of last clear chance applied in this pre-comparative fault case. We now reverse. Pretermitting the issue whether the bus driver in this intersectional collision had the duty to anticipate that a motorist facing a stop sign at the blind intersection would fail to...

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