LASSWELL v. MATLACK, INC.

No. 87-589.

527 So.2d 1199 (1988)

Nonie LASSWELL, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. MATLACK, INC., Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

June 22, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cox, Cox & Townsley, Rex Townsley, William Cox, McHale, Bufkin & Dees, David Jones, Lake Charles, for plaintiff-appellee.

Camp, Carmouche, Barsh, Gray, Hoffman & Gill, Terry Thibodeaux, Lake Charles, Young & Burson, H. Kent Aguillard, Eunice, Robert Oliver, Baton Rouge, for defendant-appellant.

Before DOMENGEAUX, STOKER and KING, JJ.


STOKER, Judge.

This suit arises out of an automobile accident which occurred on Louisiana Highway 117 in Vernon Parish on April 23, 1985. The plaintiff, Nonie Lasswell, was a passenger in an automobile driven by Leare Michelle Royster which was traveling south on Highway 117. It was alleged that the Royster vehicle was forced to leave the highway because an 18-wheel tractor trailer belonging to defendant, Matlack, Inc., which was traveling north on Highway 117, crossed...

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