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PENNINGTON v. JUSTISS-MEARS OIL COMPANY

No. 5059.

123 So.2d 625 (1960)

Peggy Morgan PENNINGTON, Ind., etc., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. JUSTISS-MEARS OIL COMPANY, Inc., et al., Defendants-Appellants.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Rehearing Denied November 2, 1960.

Certiorari Granted January 9, 1961.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson, Baton Rouge, Phelps, Dunbar, Marks, Claverie & Sims, New Orleans, Kantrow, Spaht, West & Kleinpeter, Baton Rouge, Gaharan & Richey, Jena, for appellants.

Benton & Moseley, Kizer, Heaton, Craig & Cangelosi, Baton Rouge, for appellee.

Before TATE, MILLER and PUTNAM, JJ.

TATE, Judge.

This is a wrongful death action in which the trial court awarded the plaintiff, the widow of Claude Pennington, Jr., a total of $219,743.45 for the damages sustained by her and her three minor children as a result of Pennington's death. The defendants, the Justiss-Mears Oil Company, Inc. and its liability insurer, appeal; and the plaintiff answers the appeal requesting that the award be increased.

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