Sentry Ins. Co. v. Thomas’s Empirical Analysis
1978
Citation profile
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Loescher v. Parr · Baumgartner v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. · 282 So. 2d 126 - Simon v. Ford Motor Company · 304 So. 2d 760 - Sers v. South Central Bell Telephone Company · Davis v. Logarbo
Most-quoted passages
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“"Louisiana courts have recognized a jurisprudential rule that in order for latent defects to constitute a valid defense, the proof must be so strong that it excludes any other reasonable hypothesis with reference to the cause of accident except that it resulted solely from the alleged defects, and that it must establish that the driver was not aware of the defects and that the defects could not reasonably have been discovered and remedied by a proper inspection. See Metzger v. Scott, 244 So.2d 671 (La.App. 4th Cir.1971); Davis v. Logarbo, 346 So.2d 306 (La.App. 4th Cir.1977)...."”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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