HIGGINBOTHAM v. GENERAL MOTORS CORP.

No. 7707.

389 So.2d 800 (1980)

Charles Wayne HIGGINBOTHAM et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

October 8, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. F. Gearheard, Lafayette, Martzell & Montero, Wilson M. Montero, New Orleans, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Voorhies & Labbe, D. Mark Bienvenu, Onebane, Donohoe, Bernard, Torian, Diaz, McNamara & Abell, Timothy J. McNamara, Lafayette, Dubuisson, Brinkhaus & Dauzat, James G. Dubuisson, Stephen J. Ledet and Bruce A. Gaudin, Opelousas, Lemle, Kelleher, Kohlmeyer & Mathews, Allen R. Fontenot, New Orleans, for defendants-appellees.

Before GUIDRY, SWIFT and DOUCET, JJ.


SWIFT, Judge.

The plaintiffs-appellants, Charles Wayne Higginbotham, Georgia M. Martin and Henrietta Richard, brought this suit against General Motors Corporation, Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, Roy Motors, Inc. and Kelsey-Hayes Company, seeking damages for personal injuries sustained as a result of a one-car accident. Cavalier Insurance Company intervened asserting its subrogation claim as the collision insurer of the automobile. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company...

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