CHANEY v. CUNNINGHAM

No. 14539.

411 So.2d 519 (1982)

Merlyn T. CHANEY and Virginia S. Chaney v. Frankie CUNNINGHAM and South Central Bell Telephone Company.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

March 2, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dennis A. Pennington, Baton Rouge, for plaintiffs-appellants Merlyn T. Chaney and Virginia S. Chaney.

Pamela A. Prestridge, Baton Rouge, for defendants-appellees Frankie Cunningham and South Central Bell Tel. Co.

Before COVINGTON, COLE and WATKINS, JJ.


COVINGTON, Judge.

This is an appeal by the plaintiffs, Merlyn T. Chaney and Virginia S. Chaney, from a judgment in favor of the defendants, Frankie Cunningham and South Central Bell Telephone Company, dismissing the plaintiffs' suit at their costs. The basis of the dismissal was that the contributory negligence of Virginia Chaney barred recovery.

The evidence presented at the trial established that the accident in question happened on March 19, 1976, at about...

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