TRAVELERS INSURANCE COMPANY v. GULF NATIONAL BANK

No. 19096.

307 F.2d 295 (1962)

TRAVELERS INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant, v. GULF NATIONAL BANK, Tutor of the Minor, Chester James Raggio, Jr., Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied September 13, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Meredith T. Holt, Cavanaugh, Hickman, Brame & Holt, Lake Charles, La., for Travelers Insurance Company, defendant-appellant.

James Domengeaux, Bob F. Wright, Domengeaux & Wright, Lafayette, La., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before HUTCHESON, CAMERON and GEWIN, Circuit Judges.


CAMERON, Circuit Judge.

This appeal is from a judgment rendered against appellant Insurance Company in favor of appellee Bank, tutor of Chester James Raggio, Jr., in the sum of $178,125.00 for personal injuries to Chester James Raggio, Jr. and the death of all of the members of his family, consisting of father, mother and sister. The verdict of the jury was for $237,500.00, but the trial court ordered a remittitur of one fourth before entering judgment. Thibodeaux...

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