ISTRE v. FIDELITY FIRE & CAS. INS. CO.

No. 93-32.

628 So.2d 1229 (1993)

Aaron J. ISTRE & Rebecca A. Istre, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. FIDELITY FIRE & CASUALTY INS. CO., Abbie T. Terry, Donald Bowyer, H & S Construction Co. Inc., Joseph B. Shelvin: Archie Thibodeaux Construction Co. Inc., Aetna Ins. Co., Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

December 8, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Homer Edward Barousse Jr., Crowley, for Aaron J. Istre and Rebecca A. Istre.

Christopher Richard Philipp, Lafayette, for Fidelity Fire & Cas. Ins. Co.

Edward O. Taulbee IV, Lafayette, for Thibodeaux Const. & Aetna.

Cyd Sheree Page, Lafayette, for City of Lafayette.

Before YELVERTON, KNOLL and THIBODEAUX, JJ.


YELVERTON, Judge.

Rebecca Istre's car was broadsided by one driven by Abbie Terry in an intersection in Lafayette. The intersection was controlled by a traffic light. The traffic light was not working because a backhoe operator for Archie Thibodeaux Construction Company, working on a project some distance from the intersection, had accidentally knocked out the electrical power. The City of Lafayette knew about the outage but did not warn motorists or manually control...

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