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JOHNSON v. FOLSE

No. 82-CA-1011.

438 So.2d 1137 (1983)

Ethel Bell Williams, Widow of David JOHNSON, Individually and as the Administratrix of her Daughter Fran Johnson's Estate v. Calvin N. FOLSE and Aetna Insurance Company.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

October 11, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank S. Bruno, Bruno, Bruno & Blouin, New Orleans, for plaintiff Ethel B. Williams.

Arthur H. Andrews, Richard T. Reed, Franklin, Moore & Walsh, Baton Rouge, for defendant Aetna Insurance Co., Calvin N. Folse.

Before LOTTINGER, EDWARDS and ALFORD, JJ.

EDWARDS, Judge.

Defendants appeal the trial court's judgment awarding plaintiff $145,000.00 for the wrongful death of her daughter, Fran Johnson. We affirm.

BACKGROUND FACTS

Fran Johnson, decedent, was killed in an auto accident when the vehicle she was driving collided with a backhoe that had broken loose from an oncoming trailer, pulled by Calvin Folse's truck. Plaintiff, decedent's mother, filed suit against Folse and his insurer, Aetna Insurance...

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