ZELM v. GENERAL MOTORS CORP.

No. 85 CA 0184.

492 So.2d 45 (1986)

Waldemar E. ZELM, Sr. Individually and on Behalf of the Minor Children, Bunnie Ann Zelm, John Holly Zelm, Willow Jean Zelm, Waldemar E. Zelm, Jr., Emily Carol Zelm, Rose Marie Zelm and Hazel Eline Zelm v. GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION, Olivier Chevrolet Co., Inc. and Royal Insurance Co. of America.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Rehearing Denied August 20, 1986.

Writ Denied November 14, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph P. Raggio, Edward P. Sutherland, Taylor, Raggio & Sutherland, Baton Rouge, for petitioners-appellees.

John E. Keogh, Michael J. Harig, Keogh, Keogh, Cox & Wilson Ltd., Baton Rouge, for Olivier Chevrolet Co., Inc. defendant-appellee.

Robert A. McMahon, Jr., Joseph S. Palermo, Jr., Bernard, Cassisa, Babst & Saporito, Metairie, for Royal Ins. Co. of America and General Motors Corp., defendant-appellant.

Alvin D. Singletary, Slidell, for Scott Fence Inds., Inc. d/b/a Scott Trailer Inds., Inc., third party defendant-appellee.

Allen A. McElroy, Jr., McElroy & Ramsey, Ltd., Berwick, for Dorothy Berry Ausbon, et al. appellee.

Before LOTTINGER, CARTER and CRAIN, JJ.


CRAIN, Judge.

This is an appeal from a default judgment entered against Royal Insurance Company of America in the amount of $1,206,016.90.

Decedent, Anie F. Zelm, was employed as a driver for a trucking firm owned by Dan and Lillie Hebert in Amelia, Louisiana. On March 11, 1982, at approximately 4:00 a.m., allegedly during the course and scope of her employment, Zelm was driving a 1982 Chevrolet Fleetside truck in a westerly direction on Louisiana Highway...

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