234 So. 2d 833 - McDaniel v. Welsh’s Empirical Analysis
1970
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 24 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Dixie Drive It Yourself System New Orleans Co. v. American Beverage Co. · Naquin v. Marquette Casualty Company · Perkins v. Texas and New Orleans Railroad Company · Givens v. De Soto Bldg. Co. · Hamilton v. City of Shreveport
Most-quoted passages
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“"We preface our discussion of defendant's negligence by noting that as a matter of law a high degree of care must be exacted of those whose obligation it is to maintain traffic signals. We deem this rule necessary by the very nature of things. We judicially note that in municipalities, especially metropolitan areas, vehicular congestion on the public streets is constantly increasing. We deem it reasonable to conclude that increasing traffic volume poses new and added control problems to those authorities charged with the obligation of regulating automobile traffic. The greater the volume of traffic, the greater is the need for effective vehicular control, which includes properly functioning signals upon which motorists may rely with confidence."”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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