COLEMAN v. RILEY

No. 2000-CA-0673.

780 So.2d 1071 (2001)

Yolanda COLEMAN and Shareen Mitchell v. Doretha RILEY, Isley A. Riley and Allstate Insurance Company.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

February 7, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John D. Sileo, Allan Berger and Associates, New Orleans, LA, Counsel for Plaintiff/Appellant.

Christopher E. Lozes, Lozes & Cambre, New Orleans, LA, Counsel for Defendant/Appellee, Marsha Walsh.

Vance W. Ott, P.M. Donovan, Metairie, LA, Counsel for Defendants/Appellees, Allstate Insurance Company and Doretha Riley.

Court composed of Judge PLOTKIN, Judge WALTZER, and Judge TOBIAS.


PLOTKIN, Judge.

The sole issue in this red light/green light accident dispute is whether the trial court erred in dividing the liability equally between the two drivers. Finding no manifest error in the trial court judgment assigning 50 percent of the liability to each of the drivers involved in the accident, we affirm.

The accident underlying this appeal occurred at the corner of Canal and Broad Streets in the City of New Orleans around 6 p.m. on September...

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