MARCOTTE v. TRAVELERS INSURANCE COMPANY

No. 50770.

249 So.2d 105 (1971)

258 La. 989

Curley L. MARCOTTE et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants-Relators, v. The TRAVELERS INSURANCE COMPANY et al., Defendants-Appellees-Respondents.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied June 28, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clint L. Pierson, Baton Rouge, for plaintiff-appellant.

Taylor, Porter, Brooks & Phillips, W. S. McKenzie, William Luther Wilson, Baton Rouge, for defendants-appellees-respondents.


TATE, Justice.

The narrow issue before us is whether a driver's intoxication is proved to be a proximate cause of an accident.

A passenger and her father sue her driver and the driver's insurers to recover for personal injuries sustained in an intersectional collision. The court of appeal affirmed the dismissal of the suit. 236 So.2d 587 (La.App. 1st Cir. 1970).

We granted certiorari limited to one assignment of...

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