Vaughn v. Hebert’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

1 state decisions

Most-quoted passages

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1. ““We conclude that Randy Hebert was faced with a sudden emergency created entirely by the gross negligence of the approaching motorist. Under these circumstances, it is the settled jurisprudence of this state that a person is not obligated to exercise the same degree of care or judgment as is required under ordinary circumstances. In the emergency thus faced by Hebert his actions were reasonable and justified. A mistake of judgment or failure to adopt the best or wisest course for avoiding injury does not necessarily result in a finding of negligence. To contend otherwise is to attempt to exact hindsight instead of foresight from a motorist faced with a sudden emergency; Fouche v. St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Co., 153 So.2d 180 (La.App. 2d Cir. 1963).””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Seals v. Morris