NICHOLS v. AETNA CASUALTY & SURETY COMPANY

No. 11679.

254 So.2d 159 (1971)

Claude E. NICHOLS, Plaintiff-Appellant-Appellee, v. AETNA CASUALTY & SURETY COMPANY et al., Defendants-Appellants-Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

Rehearing Denied November 16, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Downs & Dixon by Neil Dixon, Shreveport, for plaintiff-appellant-appellee.

Lunn, Irion, Switzer, Johnson & Salley by Richard H. Switzer, Shreveport, for L. E. Myers Co., Aetna Casualty & Surety Co., and State Farm Mutual Auto. Ins. Co., defendants-appellants-appellees.

Smith, Trichel, Malsch & Ballard by James R. Malsch, Shreveport, for George L. Thompson and Claudia P. Thompson, defendants-appellants-appellees.

Before AYRES, HEARD and HALL, JJ.


Rehearing En Banc Denied November 16, 1971.

AYRES, Judge.

The appeal now before us presents only one issue, the question of an appropriate award to compensate plaintiff for his injuries as such award may be influenced or justified by the financial ability, or the lack thereof, of the defendants George L. Thompson and his wife, Mrs. Claudia P. Thompson, to respond in damages. All other issues were resolved, so far...

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