Slagel v. Roberson’s Empirical Analysis
2003
Citation profile
11
cited by 11 later decisions
1
states following
November 2017
most recently cited
11 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 617 So. 2d 880 - Stobart v. State Through DOTD · Watson v. State Farm Fire and Cas. Ins. Co. · 640 So. 2d 1305 - Theriot v. Lasseigne · Blair v. Tynes · Williams v. City of Monroe
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Before attempting a left turn, a motorist should ascertain whether it can be completed safely. In a vehicular collision case, plaintiffs are afforded the benefit of a presumption of the defendant's negligence when they prove that the defendant executed a left hand turn and crossed the center line at the time of the impact. The burden rests on the motorist who desires to make a left turn to explain how the accident occurred and to show that he is free from negligence. Likewise, jurisprudence has established that an oncoming driver has a right to assume that the left-turning motorist will obey the law in allowing him to continue in his proper lane of travel and will yield to his right-of-way. Nonetheless, all motorists on Louisiana highways must drive with due regard for the traffic on the highway and have an affirmative duty not to drive faster than is reasonable and prudent under the conditions and potential hazards existing at the time. La. R.S. 32:64(A). Thus, notwithstanding the presumption of negligence attributed to a left-turning driver, a favored motorist can still be assessed with comparative fault if his substandard conduct contributed to the cause of the accident. Pursuant to Watson v. State Farm Fire & Casualty Ins. Co., 469 So.2d 967 (La.1985), the trier of fact will compare the relative fault of the parties in the assessment of liability. The law of comparative negligence is applicable to situations involving automobile accidents. The allocation of fault is a fac”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
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