PEERLESS INSURANCE COMPANY v. SCHNAUDER

No. 18600.

290 F.2d 607 (1961)

PEERLESS INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant, v. Joan SCHNAUDER and Patricia Schnauder, thru Joyce Schnauder Ernest, Their Next Friend, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

May 19, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William A. Porteous, Jr., New Orleans, La., Porteous & Johnson, New Orleans, La., for appellant.

Herman M. Schroeder, Richard A. Kuntz and Hattier, Schroeder & Kuntz, New Orleans, La., for appellees.

Before TUTTLE, Chief Judge, JONES, Circuit Judge, and MIZE, District Judge.


JONES, Circuit Judge.

Suit was brought under the Louisiana Direct Action Statute1 by the appellees, Joan Schnauder and Patricia Schnauder, against the appellant, Peerless Insurance Company, the insurer of Charity Hospital in New Orleans, Louisiana, under a public liability policy. The appellees, who were plaintiffs below and who will be so designated here, claimed damages for the death of their mother as a result of a collision betwen...

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