DUHON v. ALLSTATE INS. CO.

No. 85-479.

488 So.2d 1314 (1986)

J.L. DUHON, Winona Sarver Duhon and Diana Duhon, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY, Palmer Savoy and Government Employees Insurance Company, Defendants-Appellants.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Rehearing Denied June 11, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roy and Hattan, Candice Hattan, Lafayette, for defendants-appellants.

Cooper, Ortego and Woodruff, Calvin E. Woodruff, Abbeville, Simon and Woodruff, Paul Kobetz Woodruff, Lafayette, for plaintiffs-appellees.

Voorhies and Labbe, Cyd S. Page, Lafayette, for defendant-appellee.

Before DOMENGEAUX and YELVERTON, JJ., and JACKSON, J. Pro Tem.


YELVERTON, Judge.

In a lawsuit arising from an intersectional collision between two vehicles, a jury found the driver-plaintiff, Diana Duhon, 22% at fault and the defendant, Palmer Savoy, 78% at fault in causing the accident. The trial court at the conclusion of trial on the merits granted a directed verdict in favor of the guest passenger, Winona Duhon, finding her free of fault. The court also granted a judgment notwithstanding the jury's 22% apportionment of Diana...

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