21 So. 2d 106 - Ferris v. Quinn’s Empirical Analysis

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9 state decisions

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1. “The facts show that at the time of the accident both cars were traveling at a moderate rate of speed. The point is made on behalf of defendant that Anniston Street, along which defendant was proceeding is a favored street, under traffic ordinances of the City of Shreveport, over Ockley Drive, which was the thoroughfare being used by plaintiff. However, it is well established that if plaintiff first entered and pre-empted the intersection, defendant thereby lost the benefits granted under such a municipal statute, and responsibility thereupon devolved upon him to take such precautions as might be necessary to avoid a collision with the pre-empting vehicle. [2] Blashfield's Cyclopedia of Automobile Law and Practice, Perm. Ed. § 991, et seq; Hutto v. Arbour, La.App., 4 So.2d 84 ; Gardiner v. Travelers Indemnity Company, La.App., 11 So.2d 61 . "We think there is no question from the testimony developed on trial of the case that Miss Ferris, the plaintiff, entered the intersection at a speed of approximately 20 miles per hour, and had negotiated almost half of the distance across such intersection before being struck by defendant's car, which was traveling at aproximately the same rate of speed. * * *”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 44 So. 2d 127 - Aucoin v. Houston Fire & Casualty Co.