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HARRIS v. BROWNING-FERRIS INDUSTRIES

No. 81-644-B.

635 F.Supp. 1202 (1986)

Mrs. Willie Lee HARRIS, etc. v. BROWNING-FERRIS INDUSTRIES CHEMICAL SERVICES, INC., et al.

United States District Court, M.D. Louisiana.

May 9, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Russell L. Dornier, Gary & Field, Baton Rouge, La., for plaintiffs, Mrs. Willie Lee Harris, Gregory Cardell Harris and Tamish Danielle Harris.

Robert Henry Sarpy, Jr., Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Denegre, New Orleans, La., for defendants, Browning-Ferris Industries Chemical Services, Inc., and ABC Ins. Co.

J. David Forsyth, Sessions, Fishman, Rosenson, Boisfontaine & Nathan, New Orleans, La., for Volkswagen Aktiengesellscraf (VWAG).

POLOZOLA, District Judge:

This diversity action was filed by Mrs. Willie Lee Harris, individually and on behalf of her children,1 to recover damages arising out of an automobile accident in which Willie O. Harris was killed. The court finds that the sole proximate cause of this accident was the negligence of Willie O. Harris.2 Therefore, plaintiffs' suit must be dismissed with prejudice.

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