MUSE v. DUNBAR

No. 97-582.

716 So.2d 110 (1998)

Jessie N. MUSE, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Chandler E. DUNBAR, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

June 10, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Miles A. Matt, Lafayette, for Jessie N. Muse and Melba S. Joubert.

Chandler E. Dunbar, et al., for Chandler E. Dunbar, et al.

Molly Gooch, pro se.

Patrick A. Juneau Jr., Barry L. Domingue, Lafayette, for New Hampshire Insurance Company.

Terry L. Rowe, Lafayette, for State Farm Fire and Casualty Insurance.

Before DECUIR, PETERS and GREMILLION, JJ.


DECUIR, Judge.

This is an appeal from the jury's verdict which found that the defendants, Molly Gooch and Edwin Devillier a/k/a Eddie Nyce, were at fault in causing the death of Jessie N. Muse, Jr. For the following reasons, we affirm.

FACTS

On May 1, 1992, Molly Gooch, age 20, and Edwin Devillier, age 19, left Abbeville in Gooch's car and drove to Washington, Louisiana, to spend the weekend at the home of Devillier's grandmother. Upon learning that...

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