HUVAL v. BODIN

No. 2486.

216 So.2d 322 (1968)

Joyce Romero HUVAL et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Terry J. BODIN et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

December 5, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mouton, Beard, Plaisance & Franques, by Caliste Beard, Jr., Lafayette, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Voorhies, Labbe, Fontenot, Leonard & McGlasson, by David S. Foster, Lafayette, Leon E. Roy, Jr., New Iberia, for defendant-appellee.

Before TATE, FRUGE, and SAVOY, JJ.


TATE, Judge.

Clarence Huval was killed as the result of a collision between his truck and a vehicle driven by Terry Bodin. The decedent's widow and seven children sue Bodin and his insurer for wrongful death damages. The plaintiffs appeal from the dismissal of their suit.

The plaintiffs chiefly contend that the trial court erred in not finding that the sole cause of the accident was Bodin's grossly excessive speed.

The accident occurred at an intersection...

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