AETNA CAS. & SUR. CO. v. NERO

Nos. 14736, 14737.

415 So.2d 390 (1982)

AETNA CASUALTY & SURETY COMPANY v. Jeanne S. NERO. and Christopher KNIGHTEN and Kenneth Knighten v. Jeanne S. NERO, et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Writ Granted July 2, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Perry, Jr., Ben Louis Day, Baton Rouge, for plaintiff-appellant Aetna Cas. & Sur. Co.

Maxime LaBranche, Baton Rouge, for plaintiffs Kenneth and Christopher Knighten.

Ronald J. Coleman, Walton J. Barnes, Baton Rouge, for defendant-appellee Jeanne S. Nero.

Samuel R. Cicero, Asst. Parish Atty., Baton Rouge, for third party defendant-appellee City of Baton Rouge, Parish of East Baton Rouge, in No. 14736.

A. S. Easterly, III, W. Luther Wilson, Baton Rouge, for defendant-appellee Gulf States Utilities Co.

Sera H. Russell, III, Baton Rouge, for third party defendant-appellee Arthur Rankin d/b/a Arthur's Lounge.

James J. Zito, Asst. Parish Atty., Baton Rouge, for defendant-appellee City of Baton Rouge in No. 14737.

Before LOTTINGER, EDWARDS, PONDER, LEAR and SHORTESS, JJ.


SHORTESS, Judge.

On January 1, 1978, Jeanne S. Nero was employed as an operator at South Central Bell Telephone Company in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. At approximately 7:45 p. m., she was released from work and proceeded toward her apartment located at 1080 North 48th Street, in her 1967 Mustang. Near the intersection of 48th Street and Gus Young Avenue, Ms. Nero's vehicle struck and killed Mack E. Knighten (decedent).

These suits arose from that accident. A motion...

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