FONTENOT v. FIDELITY AND CASUALTY CO. OF NEW YORK

No. 2481.

217 So.2d 702 (1969)

Paul Julius FONTENOT, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. The FIDELITY AND CASUALTY COMPANY OF NEW YORK, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

January 16, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Plauché & Plauché, by Thomas W. Sanders, Lake Charles, for defendant-appellant.

Cormie & Morgan, by Robert Morgan, Lake Charles, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before FRUGÉ, HOOD and CULPEPPER, JJ.


HOOD, Judge.

Plaintiff, Paul Julius Fontenot, claims damages for personal injuries sustained by him when an automobile which he was driving collided with a car being driven by Edwin C. Wright. The suit was instituted against The Fidelity & Casualty Company of New York, insurer of the Wright car.

The case was tried by jury, with the result that a special verdict was rendered finding that Wright was negligent, that plaintiff was free from contributory negligence...

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