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VEGA v. STATE FARM AUTO. INS. CO.

Nos. 13979, 13980.

401 So.2d 368 (1981)

Craig D. VEGA v. STATE FARM AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY. Craig D. VEGA, Individually and As the Administrator of the Estate of His Minor Son, David Vega v. E. J. RICHARDELLE, Individually and As the Administrator of the Estate of the Minor, James J. Richardelle, Katherine C. Richardelle, and State Farm Mutual Auto Insurance Company.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

April 13, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Larry Main, Slidell, for plaintiffs-appellants in Nos. 37095 and 37970 Craig D. Vega, et al.

Stanley L. Perry, Galliano, for plaintiffs-appellants in No. 37969 Craig D. Vega on Behalf of the Interdict.

L. Albert Forrest, New Iberia, for defendant-appellee in Nos. 37095, 37970 and 37969 State Farm Mutual Insurance Co.

Robert B. Butler, III, Houma, for third party defendants-appellees and defendants in Nos. 37095, 37969 and 37970 E. J. Richardelle and State Farm Mutual Insurance Co.

Lloyd T. Bourgeois, Thibodaux, for third party defendants-appellees and defendant in Nos. 37095, 37969 and 37970 Craig Vega and State Farm Mutual Insurance Co.

Francis Dugas, Thibodaux, for defendant-appellee in No. 37970 E. J. Richardelle.

Before LOTTINGER, EDWARDS and PONDER, JJ.

LOTTINGER, Judge.

These consolidated tort cases arise out of a head-on motor vehicle collision on Louisiana Highway 1 in Cut off, Louisiana on August 10, 1977. Five cases were filed originally. Three were tried and two are before us on appeal. The issues on appeal concern quantum, loss of earnings and insurance coverage.

THE FACTS

Craig D. Vega was driving south on La. 1 in the early evening of August 10, 1977. With him in the vehicle were his wife...

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