HAMILTON v. EMPLOYERS CAS. CO.

No. CA 6050.

506 So.2d 655 (1987)

Fosteen Hamilton, Wife of/and James A. HAMILTON v. EMPLOYERS CASUALTY COMPANY, et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Writ Denied June 5, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence S. Kullman, Kierr, Gainsburgh, Benjamin, Fallon and Lewis, New Orleans, for plaintiffs-appellants.

William H. Howard, III, G. Bruce Parkerson, Phelps, Dunbar, Marks, Claverie & Sims, New Orleans, for defendants-appellees.

Before GARRISON and BYRNES, JJ., and PRESTON H. HUFFT, J. Pro Tem.


PRESTON H. HUFFT, Judge Pro Tem.

Fosteen Hamilton, wife of, and James A. Hamilton, plaintiffs, appeal from a judgment attributing 50% contributory negligence to Fosteen Hamilton. For the reasons set forth below, we reverse.

The issues presented to us on appeal are:

(1) Whether the trial court erred in excluding certain portions of testimony of an eye witness to the accident; (2) Whether the trial...

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