Ryans v. Empire Fire & Marine Insurance
Also decided on this docket: La. Ct. App. 1st Cir., November 13, 1972 270 So. 2d 611; La., March 15, 1885 37 La. Ann. 178; La. Ct. App. 2d Cir., January 26, 1960 117 So. 2d 610
Ryans v. Empire Fire & Marine Insurance, 357 So. 2d 853 (La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1978).
Cited by
- Gaines v. Laura Wilson, State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. 240 So. 3d 1010 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 2018
- Thomas v. Throgmorton 357 So. 2d 856 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1978
Opinion text
GULOTTA, Judge, concurring. I concur with the result. Whether the bus driver was traveling in the center lane *856 or right lane, he has a right to anticipate that traffic entering the expressway from the on-ramp (the truck) would yield the right-of-way. The only basis upon which the bus driver could have been found negligent would be a factual finding that the bus driver, while traveling in the center lane, pulled into the right lane in front of the truck as the truck was entering the expressway. The trial judge made no such finding of fact. Under these circumstances, I find no violation of any duty on the part of the bus driver. Nor am I prepared to make a factual finding that the bus moved from the center lane to the right lane in front of the truck as the truck was entering the expressway. As a matter of fact, it would be easier to reach a factually different result based upon the bus driver’s testimony corroborated by the passengers. Accordingly, I concur.