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LAPOINT v. BREAUX

Nos. 13902, 13903.

395 So.2d 1377 (1981)

Calvin LAPOINT et al. v. Phillip P. BREAUX et al. Elmer E. HOWARD et al. v. Phillip P. BREAUX et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Rehearing Denied April 13, 1981.

Writ Refused April 27, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kim P. Stansbury, Lippman, Mahfouz & Martin, Morgan City, for Elmer E. Howard.

Charles B. Plattsmier, William D. Hunter, Ltd., Morgan City for Calvin Lapoint.

David M. Kaufman, Roy & Forrest, New Iberia, and A. D. Barnes, Jr., Cucullu & Barnes, New Orleans, for Howard Trucking Co. and Automobile Ins. Co.

Nan M. Landry, Landry, Watkins & Bonin, New Iberia, for Dairyland Ins. Co.

Before ELLIS, COLE and WATKINS, JJ.

ELLIS, Judge:

These two consolidated cases arise out of an accident between an automobile operated by Keith Howard, in which Glen Lapoint was a guest passenger, and a truck-trailer rig owned and operated by Phillip P. Breaux, and leased to Howard Trucking Company. In the accident both Howard and Lapoint were killed. Suits were filed for their wrongful death by their surviving parents, with Breaux, Howard Trucking Company, and Automobile Insurance Company, their insurer...

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