ROBERTSON v. HANDY

No. 11729.

354 So.2d 626 (1977)

Albert ROBERTSON, Individually and on Behalf of his minor children, Mary Martha Robertson, et al., and Katherine Robertson Dillon, et al., Plaintiffs and Appellees, v. Inetha HANDY, James Handy, Ben W. Gaylen, William L. Byrd Trucking Co., Employers Mutual Liability Ins. Co. of Wisconsin, Louisiana Department of Highways, Willie H. Jenkins and the City of Bogalusa, Defendants, O. D. Turnage and Continental Insurance Company, Third Party Defendants, Louisiana Department of Highways, Appellants.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Rehearing Denied February 13, 1978.

Writ Refused March 27, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

France W. Watts, III, of Watts & Cassidy, Franklinton, for plaintiffs and appellees.

Ron S. Macaluso, Hammond, for Louisiana Dept. of Highways.

Louis M. Kiefer, Jr., and R. L. Ronzello, New Orleans, for Employers Mutual Liability Ins. Co. of Wisconsin, William L. Byrd Trucking Co., and Ben W. Gaylen.

Donald M. Fendlason, Dale E. Branch, of Seal, Lee, Branch & Brown, Bogalusa, for the City of Bogalusa.

Charles W. Schmidt, III, of Christovich & Kearney, New Orleans, for Continental Ins. Co. and Q. D. Turnage.

G. Wayne Kuhn, of Johnson & Kuhn, Franklinton, for Q. D. Turnage, Individually.

Before LANDRY, SARTAIN and ELLIS, JJ.


ELLIS, Judge.

This is a suit for damages for the wrongful death of Mary Lee Robertson. Plaintiffs are the husband and 13 children of the decedent. Named as defendants in the original petition were Inetha Handy, operator of the vehicle in which Mrs. Robertson was a guest passenger; James Handy, her husband; Ben W. Gaylen, operator of the tractor-trailer rig involved in the accident; William L. Byrd Trucking Company, owner of the rig; Employers Mutual Liability Insurance...

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