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Opinions in Louisiana that cite Snodgrass v. Centanni, 87 So. 2d 127.
- Hughes v. Bossier Parish School Bd. 745 So. 2d 816 La. Ct. App. 2d Cir. 1999
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Stadler v. Agard
503 So. 2d 112
La. Ct. App. 5th Cir. 1987
(1956); Hickman v. Southern Pacific Transport Co., 262 La.
- Ruffo v. SCHWEGMANN BROS., ETC. 424 So. 2d 470 La. Ct. App. 5th Cir. 1982
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McCoy v. Franklin Parish Police Jury
414 So. 2d 1369
La. Ct. App. 2d Cir. 1982
585 , ; , ; Vowell v. Manufacturers Casualty Ins.
- Robertson v. Travis 393 So. 2d 304 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1980
- Deumite v. West Bank Contractors 343 So. 2d 289 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1977
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Breaux v. State
326 So. 2d 481
La. 1976
1038 , (1960); , (1956); Callais v. Furniture Showrooms, Inc., La.App., (1968); 57 Am.Jur.2d, Negligence § 90, pp. 437-438; 65A C.J.S.
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Netterville v. Parish of East Baton Rouge
314 So. 2d 397
La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1975
(1956); Kinard v. City of Jennings, La.App., (1966).
- Glazer v. Louisiana Trailer Sales, Inc. 313 So. 2d 266 La. Ct. App. 4th Cir. 1975
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McGuinness v. United Services Automobile Ass'n
275 So. 2d 485
La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1973
In Snodgrass v. Centanni, et al., , , the doctrine of sudden emergency was well stated by the Supreme Court, as follows: “One who suddenly finds himself in a position of imminent peril, without sufficient time to consider and weigh all the circumstances or best means that may be adopted to avoid an impending danger is not guilty of neglig
- Daigre v. Schneider 255 So. 2d 206 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1971
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Grinnel Mutual Reinsurance Co. v. Rich
251 So. 2d 450
La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1971
Woods v. Employers Liability Assurance Corporation, La.App., ; Regan v. Vincent, La.App., ; Arnold v. Grain Dealers Mutual Insurance Co., La.App., .
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Cavalier v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co.
248 So. 2d 372
La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1971
rehearing denied July 1, 1968; , (1956).
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O'Reilly v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co.
230 So. 2d 630
La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1970
585 , (1957); , (1956); Dodge v. Bituminous Casualty Corporation, 214 La.
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Odom v. Texas Farm Products Co.
229 So. 2d 118
La. Ct. App. 2d Cir. 1969
(1956); Commercial Standard Insurance Company v. Johnson, 228 La.
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Box v. Town of Gonzales
224 So. 2d 127
La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1969
screen and because of the fact that his progress was obstructed by the stopping of the car which he was following at the time.” Counsel for plaintiff urges that Mr. Box was confronted with a sudden emergency occasioned by the presence of the smoke drifting across the highway and that he acted in a , (1956); (2d La.App., 1966); (2d La.App., 1961).
- Tannehill v. Roberts 216 So. 2d 656 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1968
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Weinberg v. State ex rel. Department of Highways
220 So. 2d 587
La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1968
(1956); Christ v. State, Department of Highways
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Pitre v. Thibodeaux
200 So. 2d 360
La. Ct. App. 4th Cir. 1967
1038 , ; , ; Derby v. Redmann, La.App., ; Welch v. Welch, La.App., .
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Robert v. Travelers Indemnity Company
196 So. 2d 657
La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1967
In support of this contention is cited Snodgrass v. Centanni (1956) , ; Jones v. Continental Casualty Co. of Chicago, Ill.
- Wallace v. Travelers Insurance Company 195 So. 2d 712 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1967
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Hernandez v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Ins. Co.
192 So. 2d 679
La. Ct. App. 3d Cir. 1967
585 , ; , ; Vowell v. Manufacturers Casualty Ins.
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Davidson v. Curole
196 So. 2d 311
La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1966
Snodgrass v. Centanni, 1956, , ; *314 Commercial Standard Insurance Company v. Johnson, 1955, 228 La.
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Hall Houston v. City of Shreveport
188 So. 2d 923
La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1966
273 , (1955); , (1956); Dane v. Canal Insurance Company, 240 La.
- Griffie v. Nichols 188 So. 2d 642 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1966
- Waller v. King 188 So. 2d 231 La. Ct. App. 2d Cir. 1966
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Louisiana Power & Light Co. v. Thornton
185 So. 2d 29
La. Ct. App. 5th Cir. 1966
2d 50 ; , ; Dane v. Canal Insurance Company, 240 La.
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Smith v. Marquette Casualty Company
176 So. 2d 133
La. 1965
921 , ; , ; Fouche v. St.
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Mire v. Birmingham Fire Insurance Co. of Pennsylvania
176 So. 2d 624
La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1965
194, verbo “Negligence”.’ , .
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Jackson v. Indiana Lumber Men's Mutual Insurance
175 So. 2d 349
La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1965
The mere failure to exercise the best judgment or to take what might, in retrospect, prove to have been the safest course, is not the ultimate standard, but rather, the law only requires that a person confronted by an emergency exercise the degree of care and caution which might be expected of a reasonably prudent person under the same circumstances; , .
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Welch v. Welch
169 So. 2d 713
La. Ct. App. 4th Cir. 1964
1038 , ; , ; Stanford v. Bateman Frozen Foods Company, La.App., 149 So.
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Jones v. Continental Casualty Co. of Chicago, Ill.
169 So. 2d 50
La. 1964
194, verbo ‘Negligence’.” , .
- Granger v. Travelers Insurance Co. 167 So. 2d 211 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1964
- Christ v. State, Department of Highways 161 So. 2d 322 La. Ct. App. 3d Cir. 1964
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Eubanks v. Wilson
162 So. 2d 842
La. Ct. App. 3d Cir. 1964
585 , ; , ; Vowell v. Manufacturers Casualty Co., 229 La.
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Johnston v. Peerless Insurance
159 So. 2d 415
La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1963
discloses that plaintiff suffered pain in his back as a result of an accident.
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Jones v. Continental Casualty Co. of Chicago
159 So. 2d 5
La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1963
See also: , ; Commercial Standard Insurance Company v. Johnson, 228 La.
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Bohlender v. Bayou Tours, Inc.
156 So. 2d 255
La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1963
Under such circumstances the choice he made was certainly a prudent one; even if not the better choice when measured by hind-sight it was not negligence on his part; , .
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Fornea v. Lindsley-Feiber Motors Co.
152 So. 2d 313
La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1963
Snodgrass v. Centanni, 1956, , ; Commercial Standard Insurance Company v. Johnson, 1955, 228 La.
- Loraso v. Custom Built Homes, Inc. 144 So. 2d 459 La. Ct. App. 4th Cir. 1962
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Lemoine v. Vicknair
144 So. 2d 298
La. Ct. App. 5th Cir. 1962
Parent v. Patterson Truck Lines, Inc., La.App., ; Brock v. Southern Farm Bu reau Casualty Insurance Company, La.App., ; Peltier v. Travelers Ins.
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Wise v. Agricultural Insurance Company
140 So. 2d 662
La. Ct. App. 2d Cir. 1962
Appellant cites and relies upon the following authorities: , ; Wiley v. Sutphin, La.App., ; Thibodeaux v. Gore, La.App., , in support of its contention that a motorist, when confronted with a sudden emergency, is not to be held to the same cool and deliberate judgment as one not so confronted, and that if such emergency requires the ex
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United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. v. Powell
131 So. 2d 168
La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1961
nized in the jurisprudence of this state that a motorist using a public highway has a right to presume and to act upon the presumption that the highway is safe for the usual and ordinary traffic, either in daytime or at night, and that he is not required to anticipate extraordinary danger, impediments or obstructions to which his attention has not been directed.” See, also, , ; Vowell v. Manufacturers Casualty-Insurance Co., 229 La.
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Dane v. Canal Insurance Company
126 So. 2d 355
La. 1960
The mentioned doctrine invoked and relied on by defendants, which has been repeatedly recognized in our jurisprudence, *1048 , , as follows: “One who suddenly finds himself in a position of imminent peril, without sufficient time to consider and weigh all the circumstances or best means that may be adopted to avoid an impending danger is not guilty of negligence if he fails to adopt what subsequently and upon reflection ma
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Thibodeaux v. Gore
124 So. 2d 336
La. Ct. App. 3d Cir. 1960
Snodgrass v. Centanni, 1956, , ; Commercial Standard Insurance Company v. Johnson, 1955, 228 La.
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Woodard v. American Indemnity Co.
118 So. 2d 284
La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1960
Davis v. Lewis & Lewis, 226 La.
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Veal v. Audubon Insurance Company of Baton Rouge
114 So. 2d 648
La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1959
in which the plaintiff suffered continuous pain from May 4, 1952, the date of the accident until the date of trial, March 1954, and was forced to wear a corset and at the time of the trial he was still suffering pain, whether he remained inactive or exerted himself physically by twisting or turning or
- Wiley v. Sutphin 108 So. 2d 256 La. Ct. App. 2d Cir. 1958
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Wood v. Manufacturers Casualty Insurance Co.
107 So. 2d 309
La. Ct. App. 2d Cir. 1958
Davis v. Lewis & Lewis, 226 La.
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Bourgeois v. Fidelity & Casualty Co. of New York
102 So. 2d 532
La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1958
Snodgrass v. Centanni, 1956, , ; Commercial Standard Insurance Company v. Johnson, 1955, 228 La.