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Opinions in Louisiana that cite Stansbury v. Mayor and Councilmen of Morgan City, 84 So. 2d 445.

29 citing documents.

  • Dodson v. Smith & Core, Inc. 808 So. 2d 656 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 2001
    Stansbury v. Mayor *660 and Councilmen of Morgan City
  • Weaver v. Valley Elec. Membership Corp. 615 So. 2d 1375 La. Ct. App. 2d Cir. 1993
  • Wooten v. Louisiana Power & Light Co. 477 So. 2d 1142 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1985
    538 (La.1983), line 23 feet above ground where plaintiff was raising a television antenna; 11-foot diagonal clearance; Burley v. Louisiana Power & Light, write denied, 5-foot 7-inch horizontal clearance; , (1955); 10-foot clearance but plaintiff was on a ladder; (La.App.
  • Esco v. Smith 468 So. 2d 1169 La. 1985
  • Tirante v. Gulf States Utilities Co. 412 So. 2d 128 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1982
    Harper v. New Orleans Public Service, Inc., supra ; , (1955).
  • Walker v. Union Oil Mill, Inc. 360 So. 2d 894 La. Ct. App. 3d Cir. 1978
    (1955); Le Jeune v. State, Department of Highways, (La.App.
  • Carter v. Poindexter 349 So. 2d 414 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1977
  • Burley v. Louisiana Power & Light Company 327 So. 2d 585 La. Ct. App. 4th Cir. 1976
    art. 1005; Stansbury v. Mayor and Councilmen of *590 Morgan City, , (1955).
  • Dyson v. Gulf Modular Corp. 331 So. 2d 543 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1975
    We believe Chaney’s conduct measured by the reasonable man standard was not negligent, and the defense of contributory negligence therefore falls'.’ “ , (1955) where it stated: “ ‘Whenever contributory negligence is pleaded it is incumbent upon the party pleading it to prove it by a preponderance of evidence.’ “In Barnett , the Court cited with approval from Lane (sic) v. Louisiana *546 Power and Light Company, 161 So.
  • Harper v. New Orleans Public Service, Inc. 300 So. 2d 546 La. Ct. App. 4th Cir. 1974
  • Barnett v. Trinity Universal Insurance Company 286 So. 2d 770 La. Ct. App. 2d Cir. 1973
    Further, counsel argues that where there are no eyewitnesses it is presumed the decedent acted with due care for his own safety, , (1955).
  • Nessmith v. Central Louisiana Electric Company 257 So. 2d 744 La. Ct. App. 3d Cir. 1972
    1063 , (1953); , (1955).
  • Boure v. New Orleans Public Service, Inc. 255 So. 2d 776 La. Ct. App. 4th Cir. 1972
    See also Allien v. Louisiana Power & Light Company, , (1955).
  • Ebarb v. Southern Farm Bureau Casualty Insurance Co. 251 So. 2d 100 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1971
    Plaintiffs maintain that it is the law of this state that when the driver of a motor vehicle is killed in an accident, and by reason of his death he is unable to testify as to how the accident occurred, the law presumes that he was not negligent in bringing about his own death, , , (1955), and other earlier Court of Appeal cases.
  • Gant v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. 234 So. 2d 776 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1970
    It is clear that under the law a presumption exists that the deceased exercised due care under the circumstances, in conformity with *780 the instinct of self-preservation and the love of life, , 84 So.
  • Bordelon v. Continental Casualty Company 229 So. 2d 761 La. Ct. App. 3d Cir. 1970
    1063 , ; , (1955); Allien v. Louisiana Power & Light Company, La.App., (3d Cir. 1967), writ of certiorari refused.
  • Brannon v. Babin 221 So. 2d 336 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1969
    (1955); Bynum v. City of Monroe, 171 So.
  • LeJeune v. State, Department of Highways 215 So. 2d 150 La. Ct. App. 3d Cir. 1969
    Stansbury v. Mayor, etc., Morgan City, , .
  • Jennings v. Ralston Purina Company 201 So. 2d 168 La. Ct. App. 2d Cir. 1967
    347 , ; Stansbury v. Mayor and Councilmen of Morgan City (1955), , , and cases therein cited.
  • Murphy v. Fidelity and Casualty Co. of New York 165 So. 2d 497 La. Ct. App. 2d Cir. 1964
    (1955) in which case a house painter was electrocuted by uninsulated wires attached to the house he was painting.
  • Finn v. EMPLOYERS'LIABILITY ASSURANCE CORPORATION 141 So. 2d 852 La. Ct. App. 2d Cir. 1962
    This principle has long been recognized in the jurisprudence of this State, , , wherein it was stated: "Defendants introduced no evidence to show contributory negligence and none was shown.
  • Thomas v. Gulf States Utilities Co. 128 So. 2d 323 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1961
    Stansbury v. Mayor and Councilmen of Morgan City, 1955, , ; Hebert v. Lake Charles Ice, *326 Light and Waterworks Company, 1903, 111 La.
  • Brown v. S. A. Bourg & Sons, Inc. 118 So. 2d 891 La. 1960
    Tolle v. Higgins Industries, Inc., 212 La.
  • Andrus v. White 101 So. 2d 7 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1958
    App.,] ; Stansbury v. [Mayor and Councilmen of] Morgan City, , ; Paquet v. Renkin [La.
  • Duree v. STATE, DEPT. OF INSTITUTIONS 96 So. 2d 854 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1957
    See also Stansbury v. Mayor, etc., of Morgan City, , ; Guidry v. Crowther, La.App.
  • Duree v. State ex rel. Department of Institutions 96 So. 2d 854 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1957
    See also Stansbury v. Mayor, etc., of Morgan City, , ; Guidry v. Crowther, La.App.
  • Guidry v. Crowther 96 So. 2d 71 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1957
    * * *" We think this award to be in line with the following cases: Stansbury v. Mayor, etc., , ; Keith v. Royal Indemnity Co., La.App.
  • McCraine v. James 95 So. 2d 156 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1957
    88 , , in assuming that McCraine was contribu-torily negligent in running into lighted flares, for in this case the court stated: “ * * * Where there are no eyewitnesses to any act of negligence it is presumed that the decedent acted with ordinary care.” The main error in this contention is that we have assumed that M
  • Senegal v. Thompson 91 So. 2d 865 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1956
    It is incumbent upon the party pleading contributory negligence to prove it by a preponderance of the evidence, , .