MEAUX v. WILEY

No. 5246.

325 So.2d 655 (1975)

Bertrand Joseph MEAUX, Individually and for the Estate of his minor child, James Meaux, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Gus O. WILEY et al., Defendants-Appellants.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Rehearing Denied January 30, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gold, Hall, Hammill & Little by Leo Gold, Stafford, Pitts & Stafford, by John L. Pitts, Lewis O. Lauve, Gist, Methvin & Trimble by James T. Trimble, Jr., Alexandria, Sam J. Friedman, Natchitoches, for defendants-appellants.

Gravel, Roy & Burnes by Chris J. Roy, Alexandria, Roy Maughan and Dorsey Martin, III, Baton Rouge, Alfred Mansour and Edward A. Kaplan, Pharis & Pharis by F. Jean Pharis, Alexandria, Watson, Murchison, Crews & Arthur by William P. Crews, Jr., Natchitoches, for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before MILLER, WATSON and CUTRER, JJ.


MILLER, Judge.

Defendants appeal a judgment awarding plaintiff Bertrand Joseph Meaux 1) $30,000 for the wrongful death of his wife Mrs. Martha Meaux, the driver of the pickup truck; 2) $40,000 for the wrongful death of his son Charles Eldridge Meaux; and 3) $12,000 to him (for James' injuries) as administrator of his minor son James' Estate. Both sons were guest passengers in the pickup truck. Plaintiff Meaux answered the...

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