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FONTENOT v. UNITED STATES FID. & GUAR. COMPANY

No. 5576.

336 So.2d 979 (1976)

Jimmy FONTENOT, Individually and on behalf of his minor child, William James Fontenot, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. UNITED STATES FIDELITY & GUARANTY COMPANY, et al., Defendants and Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

August 20, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Guillory, McGee and Mayeux by A. Frank McGee, Eunice, La., for plaintiff and appellant.

Raggio, Farrar, Cappel & Chozen by R. W. Farrar, Jr., Lake Charles, for defendants-appellees.

Before HOOD, CULPEPPER and MILLER, JJ.

CULPEPPER, Judge.

Plaintiff seeks damages for personal injuries sustained by his five year old child. While running across a highway, the child was struck by an automobile driven by the defendant, Mrs. Betty Henry. The trial judge held the defendant motorist free of negligence and dismissed plaintiff's suit. Plaintiff appealed.

The decisive issue is whether the defendant motorist was negligent.

The scene of this accident is on Louisiana Highway 27...

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