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EMERSON v. EMPIRE FIRE AND MARINE INS. CO.

No. 13418.

387 So.2d 1238 (1980)

W. Frank EMERSON v. EMPIRE FIRE AND MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY, et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Writ Granted September 26, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrew Jack Bennett, Jr., Baton Rouge, counsel for plaintiff-appellant W. Frank Emerson.

Stephen Vogt, and H. Evans Scobee, Baton Rouge, counsel for defendants-appellants Empire Fire & Marine Insurance Company, Big Chief Truck Lines, Inc. & Danny Schexnayder.

Before COVINGTON, LOTTINGER and COLE, JJ.

COLE, J.

This is a suit for damages, unusual in part, arising out of a vehicular collision.

On April 6, 1977, while operating his automobile on Louisiana Highway 30 in Ascension Parish, Louisiana, W. Frank Emerson was struck from the rear by a truck owned by Big Chief Truck Lines, Inc., and driven by Danny Schexnayder.

As a result of the collision, Emerson's automobile caught fire and it and most of its contents were totally destroyed. Emerson also...

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