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WATSON v. STATE FARM FIRE AND CAS. INS. CO.

No. 84-C-2158.

469 So.2d 967 (1985)

Ora D. WATSON, et al. v. STATE FARM FIRE AND CASUALTY INSURANCE CO., et al.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied June 27, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald J. Brumfield, Knight & Brumfield, Franklington, for plaintiff-applicant.

Alton B. Lewis, Jr., Pittman, Mathen, Lewis & Moody, Hammond, for defendants-respondents.

CALOGERO, Justice.

A lawsuit was brought by Ora Watson, individually and as tutrix of her minor child, and six major Watson children, against Earl Creel and his insurer, State Farm Fire and Casualty Insurance Co., for the wrongful death of Ora's husband and the children's father, Doyle Watson. The claim arose out of a hunting accident in which Earl Creel's minor son, Shane, shot and killed the fifty-three year old Watson with a high-powered rifle. A trial jury rendered...

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