SIMMONS v. MID-STATE SAND AND GRAVEL COMPANY

No. 1934.

196 So.2d 646 (1967)

Johnnie SIMMONS, on Behalf of the Minors, Geraldine Elaine Simmons Chaney and Gilbert Gerald Chaney et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. MID-STATE SAND AND GRAVEL COMPANY, Inc., et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

March 21, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John S. Pickett, Jr., and Thomas A. Self, Many, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Stafford & Pitts, by Grove Stafford, Sr., Alexandria, for defendants-appellees.

Before TATE, FRUGÉ and CULPEPPER, JJ.


FRUGÉ, Judge.

The plaintiffs, the widow and surviving child of Gilbert Junior Chaney, brought suit in the district court against Mid-State Sand and Gravel Co., Inc., and its insurer to recover for Gilbert Chaney's alleged wrongful death. The trial judge dismissed the suit and the plaintiffs have appealed to this court.

In June, 1962, Gilbert Chaney, then 24 years of age, was employed by Alvin Warmack as a truck driver on a road construction project. At...

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