BERTRAND v. INTERNATIONAL MOORING & MARINE, INC.

Civ. A. Nos. 800569, 800570, 810051 and 810079.

517 F.Supp. 342 (1981)

Deborah M. BERTRAND, et al. v. INTERNATIONAL MOORING & MARINE, INC. Lisa A. BERTRAND, et al. v. INTERNATIONAL MOORING & MARINE, INC. Marilyn Emery SMITH, et al. v. INTERNATIONAL MOORING & MARINE, INC. Shmuel MEZAN v. INTERNATIONAL MOORING & MARINE, INC.

United States District Court, W. D. Louisiana, Lafayette-Opelousas Division.

June 19, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hunt, Godwin, Painter & Roddy, Lake Charles, La., for plaintiffs in 800569 and 800570.

David Painter, Lake Charles, La., for plaintiffs in 800569.

John S. Hood, Lake Charles, La., for plaintiffs in 800570.

Allen, Gooch & Bourgeois, Raymond Morgan Allen, Lafayette, La., for International Mooring & Marine, Inc. & Fidelity & Cas. Co.

Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Denegre, Robert M. Contois, New Orleans, La., for Arkwright Boston Mfg. Mut. Ins. Co.

Voorhies & Labbe, W. Gerald Gaudet, Lafayette, La., for American Gen. Ins. Co.

Beard, Blue, Schmitt, Mathes, Koch & Williams, W. G. Tabb, III, New Orleans, La., for plaintiffs in 810051.

Conery & Breaux, Terry G. Breaux, Franklin, La., for plaintiff in 810079.


RULING ON MOTIONS FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

SHAW, District Judge.

Statement of the Case

These consolidated cases arose out of a one-vehicle collision involving a Ford van operated by Robert Clark on April 14, 1979, on Louisiana Highway 82, in Cameron Parish, Louisiana, resulting in injuries to passenger, Shmuel Mezan, and the deaths of three other passengers, Emile Bertrand, III, Paul Bertrand and William Emery. Three additional crew members...

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