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BROWN v. ETHYL CORPORATION

Civ. A. Nos. 2257, 2258.

222 F.Supp. 734 (1963)

Mrs. Ada Z. BROWN, Individually and as Natural Tutrix of Ambrose Floyd Brown, Jr., Thomas Harry Brown, Sandra LaVerne Brown and Vickie Helen Brown, Plaintiffs, v. ETHYL CORPORATION and the Travelers Insurance Company, Defendants. John W. SCOTT, Plaintiff, v. ETHYL CORPORATION and the Travelers Insurance Company, Defendants.

United States District Court E. D. Louisiana, Baton Rouge Division.

September 25, 1963

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cooley & Cooley, David E. Cooley, Slidell, La., Durrett, Hardin, Hunter, Dameron & Fritchie, Calvin E. Hardin, Jr., Wallace A. Hunter, Baton Rouge, La., for plaintiffs.

Taylor, Porter, Brooks, Fuller & Phillips, Frank M. Coates, Jr., Charles W. Phillips, Baton Rouge, La., for The Travelers Ins. Co.

Kantrow, Spaht & Kleinpeter, Carlos G. Spaht, Baton Rouge, La., for Hartford Accident and Indemnity Co.

AINSWORTH, District Judge.

These two diversity suits for damages were filed under the Louisiana Direct Action Statute,1 permitting suits directly against a tort-feasor's insurer, and were consolidated for trial to the court without a jury.2 They involve the claims of the widow and children of a deceased bricklayer and that of his helper, growing out of an accidental...

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