Jefferson v. Liberty Mutual Ins. Co.

Full title: OBIE MAE JEFFERSON ET AL., PLAINTIFFS AND APPELLEES AND APPELLANTS, AND…

Court: Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit

Date published: Nov 23, 1977

350 So. 2d 294 (La. Ct. App. 1977)

Opinion

No. 6102.

September 20, 1977. Rehearings Denied October 11, 1977. Writs Refused November 23, 1977.

APPEAL FROM TWENTY-EIGHTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, PARISH OF LaSALLE, STATE OF LOUISIANA, HONORABLE EDWIN R. HUGHES, J.

William J. Doran, Jr., Baton Rouge, for defendants and appellees and appellants.

Neblett Fuhrer by Robert B. Neblett, Jr., Daniel E. Broussard, Jr., Alexandria, for plaintiffs and appellants and appellees, Obie Mae Jefferson and Dorothy Mae Wilkerson.

Sandoz, Sandoz Schiff by Leslie J. Schiff, Opelousas, for plaintiffs and appellants and appellees, Leanee and Matthews Barnes et al.

James A. Bolen, Jr., Alexandria, for defendants and appellees and appellants, Brassel Enterprises.

Reeves, Lossen Owens by R. R. Reeves, Jr., and Jack F. Owens, Jr., Harrisonburg, for plaintiffs and appellants and appellees.

Before CULPEPPER, GUIDRY and FORET, JJ.

CULPEPPER, Judge.

For the reasons stated in the companion case of Leanna Matthews Barnes, et al., and Mary Ann Dunbar Wilkerson, et al. v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, et al., La.App., 350 So.2d 288, in which a separate decision is being rendered by us this date, the judgment of the district court in the present case is affirmed. All costs of this appeal are assessed against the State of Louisiana through the Department of Highways, insofar as such costs may be assessed against a state agency.

AFFIRMED.