Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit April 24, 1981, No. 79-3724 (Kramer v. J. T. Keys)

JOHN R. BROWN, Circuit Judge:

The Facts

On September 7, 1975, decedent, Jerry Kramer was proceeding west in a Volkswagen on Judge Perez Drive in Chalmette, Louisiana, when the front end of a tractor-trailer proceeding north on Paris Road hit the left side of his Volkswagen. The driver of the tractor-trailer, J. T. Keys, was an employee of Ralph Walker, Inc.