CHATEAU v. SMITH

No. 6192.

297 So.2d 268 (1974)

Catherine CHATEAU, Tutrix and Administratrix of the Estate of Rene Landry, III, et al. v. Bobby Joe SMITH and State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied July 3, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Calvin J. Laiche, Pugh & Laiche, New Orleans, for plaintiffs-appellees.

Ben C. Toledano, Porteous, Toledano, Hainkel & Johnson, New Orleans, for defendants-appellants.

Before REDMANN, SCHOTT and MORIAL, JJ.


REDMANN, Judge.

Mr. and Mrs. Rene Landry, Jr., were killed while riding their uninsured motorcycle when uninsured defendant, Bobby Smith, struck them with his car.

The insurer of Landry's two automobiles appeals from a judgment which held it liable under its uninsured motorist coverage and divided the total limits of $20,000 so as to grant the youngest of Mr. Landry's three minor children no part of the $10,000 award for Mr. Landry's death.

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