POWERS v. NATIONAL INDEMNITY COMPANY

No. 13325.

350 So.2d 943 (1977)

Sara Norphlet POWERS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. NATIONAL INDEMNITY COMPANY et al., Defendants-Appellants.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

September 26, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hal V. Lyons, Shreveport, for plaintiff-appellant.

Cook, Clark, Egan, Yancey & King by F. Lee Drake, Jr., Shreveport, for Commercial Union Ins. Co., plaintiff-intervenor-appellant.

Lunn, Irion, Switzer, Johnson & Salley, Shreveport by Richard H. Switzer, Shreveport, for defendant and 3rd party plaintiff-appellants.

Nelson & Achee, Ltd., Shreveport by Roland J. Achee, Shreveport, for William L. Walton, 3rd party defendant-appellee.

Before BOLIN, C. J., and PRICE and MARVIN, JJ.


MARVIN, Judge.

In an action for the wrongful death of the plaintiff's husband in a Shreveport automobile accident, the lower court rejected the demands of plaintiff and the collision insurer of her late husband's automobile for amounts paid under its insurance policy. The sole issue is whether the decedent was contributorily negligent in colliding with a parked truck. We affirm.

The accident occurred after dark about 6:00 p. m. on a winter evening. Defendant...

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