JASON v. SAFECO INS. COMPANIES

No. 85-884.

490 So.2d 456 (1986)

Frank O. JASON, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. SAFECO INSURANCE COMPANIES, et al., Defendants-Appellants.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

June 25, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Smith & Associates, Gregory Walker, Alexandria, for defendants-appellants.

Kenneth P. Rodenbeck, Alexandria, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before DOMENGEAUX and KNOLL, JJ., and BROYLES, J. Pro Tem.


DOMENGEAUX, Judge.

This appeal emerges from a tort claim which was filed as a result of an automobile accident in the City of Alexandria, Louisiana, on September 25, 1983. The plaintiff originally sued for $50,000.00 then reduced his claim by an amending and supplemental petition to the sum of $9,999.99 so as to evade the trial by jury which the defendant had requested.

In a bench trial, the district judge found that the sole cause of the accident was the...

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