LOUISIANA FARM BUREAU MUT. INS. CO. v. DUNN

Nos. CA 84 1381, CA 84 1380.

484 So.2d 853 (1986)

LOUISIANA FARM BUREAU MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY v. Leon DUNN, Sr., et al. E.H. WELCH v. EMPIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

February 25, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph H. Simpson and Richard Schwartz, Amite, for E.H. Welch.

R. Bradley Lewis, Bogalusa, for Leon Dunn, Sr., Leon Dunn, Jr. and Empire Ins. Co.

Henry Bernard, Jr., Baton Rouge, for La. Farm Bureau Mut. Ins.

Before CARTER, SAVOIE and ALFORD, JJ.


SAVOIE, Judge.

Defendants, Leon Dunn, Sr., Leon Dunn, Jr. and Empire Insurance Company, appeal the trial court's judgment finding Leon Dunn, Jr. negligent and awarding plaintiff, E.H. Welch, what defendant's considered to be an excessive award.

On July 18, 1983, Welch was driving a herd of his dairy cows across State Highway 1050 in the Parish of Tangipahoa. As he attempted same, Leon Dunn, Jr., driving a tractor trailer rig loaded with timber, was traveling...

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