DOTSON v. MATTHEWS

No. 17359-CA.

480 So.2d 860 (1985)

Perry Steven DOTSON, Individually and on Behalf of the Minors, Elizabeth Marie Dotson and Christine Lenee Dotson, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Frank W. MATTHEWS, Individually and d/b/a M & M Cattle Company; M & M Cattle Company, Inc.; Royal Insurance Company; Donnie Richard Savell; and Charlene Rigdon, Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

Writ Denied January 31, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gordon, Bailey & Associates by Jack M. Bailey, Jr., Shreveport, for Perry Steven Dotson on behalf of minors.

Jack & Hudsmith by Wellborn Jack, Jr., Shreveport, for Perry Steven Dotson, individually.

Thibaut, Thibaut, Garrett & Bacot by John S. Thibaut, Jr. and Charest D. Thibaut, III, Baton Rouge, for Frank W. Matthews, individually, M & M Cattle Co. Inc. and Royal Ins. Co.

Before MARVIN, JASPER E. JONES, and FRED W. JONES, JJ.


MARVIN, Judge.

The husband and minor children of the victim, who, while a guest passenger in her husband's truck, was fatally injured in a collision with a horse, appeal a judgment, after jury verdict, rejecting their demands for damages against the owner of the horse. The horse "spooked" while being ridden near the paved roadway and bolted from a shallow ditch across the shoulder and onto the roadway into the path of the truck. The victim's husband who was driving...

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