ARDOIN v. STATE, THROUGH DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS

No. 5329.

333 So.2d 412 (1976)

Joycelyn ARDOIN et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. STATE of Louisiana Through the DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS and Cumis Insurance Society, Inc., Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Rehearing Denied June 30, 1976.

Writs Refused September 24, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald R. Thompson and D. Ross Banister, Wm. W. Irwin, Jr., Jerry F. Davis, Johnie E. Branch, Jr., Baton Rouge, for defendant-appellant.

E. M. Nichols, Lake Charles, for Linda Hardy.

Baggett, McClain & Morgan by R. Scott McClain, Lake Charles, for plaintiff-appellant-appellee.

Mayer, Smith & Roberts by Caldwell Roberts and Walter Hunter, Jr., Shreveport, for defendants-appellees.

Before CULPEPPER, DOMENGEAUX, WATSON, GUIDRY and PAVY, JJ.


PAVY, Judge.

These are consolidated suits for the wrongful deaths of two passengers, Mrs. Julius (Orelia) Henry and Eldridge Henry, Jr., in an automobile which was swept from a flooded highway. The companion case (Docket No. 5330) is Hardy v. Cumis Insurance Society, Inc., 333 So.2d 420, La.App., in which we are rendering a separate decision this date. Plaintiffs in this suit are the children of Mrs. Orelia Henry.

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