PIERRE v. ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY

No. 49911.

242 So.2d 821 (1970)

257 La. 471

Percy H. PIERRE et al. v. ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY and Opial Stinson, wife of/and Harry Brooks.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

On Rehearing December 14, 1970.

Rehearing Denied January 18, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Vial, Vial & Lemmon, Harry T. Lemmon, Leon C. Vial, III, Hahnville, for appellants.

Sessions, Fishman, Rosenson, Snellings & Boisfontaine, Edward P. Lobman and Curtis R. Boisfontaine, New Orleans, for appellees.


McCALEB, Justice.

The nine children of Louis Albert Pierre are suing Allstate Insurance Company, the insurer of Opial Stinson and her husband, Harry Brooks, for the wrongful death of their father, who was fatally injured in an accident on Louisiana Highway 52 when a pickup truck owned by the St. Charles Parish Police Jury was run into from its rear by a dump truck owned by Puglise Brothers and operated by one James D. Miller.

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