SIMMONS v. BROOKS

No. 7540.

342 So.2d 236 (1977)

Adele SIMMONS, Individually and on behalf of her son, Raymond Phillip Ponder, Jr., Deceased v. William BROOKS and Allstate Insurance Companies.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied February 15, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kierr, Gainsburgh, Benjamin, Fallon & Lewis, Ronald K. Gurley, Robert J. David, New Orleans, for plaintiff-appellant.

Porteous, Toledano, Hainkel & Johnson, E. Ross Buckley, Jr., John J. Hainkel, Jr., New Orleans, for defendants-appellees.

Before GULOTTA, STOULIG and MORIAL, JJ.


MORIAL, Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the district court maintaining without reasons an exception of no right or cause of action and dismissing plaintiff-mother's suit against defendants William Brooks and Allstate Insurance Companies, for the wrongful death of her son, Raymond P. Ponder, Jr. We reverse and remand.

The decedent, Raymond P. Ponder, Jr. was married to Nelva Rice. From this union a son, Dennis Russel Ponder was born in 1955. The...

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