RENFROE v. CITY OF NEW ORLEANS

No. 12002.

394 So.2d 787 (1981)

Audrey RENFROE, Surviving Spouse of Anthony Polito, Individually and on Behalf of the Dependent Minors, Frank Joseph Polito and Samuel Wayne McLellan v. CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, General Motors Corporation and the Royal Globe Indemnity Insurance Company.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied March 16, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dalton, Gillen & Roniger, Gregory W. Roniger, Jefferson, for plaintiffs-appellees.

Turner & Young, George P. Hebbler, Jr., New Orleans, for defendants-appellants.

Before SAMUEL, GULOTTA and CHEHARDY, JJ.


GULOTTA, Judge.

Defendants, General Motors Corporation and its insurer, appealing from an award of death benefits under the Louisiana Workmen's Compensation Act to the widow of Police Captain Anthony D. Polito, contend there was no proof of an employment relationship between General Motors and Polito. Alternatively, they argue that Polito's fatal automobile accident did not arise out of and in the course and scope of his employment and that the trial judge erred in...

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