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SMICIKLAS v. GROENDYKE TRANSPORT, INC.

Nos. 18477-CA, 18478-CA.

505 So.2d 775 (1987)

Peter Frank SMICIKLAS, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. GROENDYKE TRANSPORT, INC., et al., Defendants-Appellees. Gary CHAMPION, et al., Defendants-Appellees, v. SENTRY INSURANCE, A Mutual Company, et al., Defendants-Appellants.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

Writ Denied May 25, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peters, Ward, Bright & Hennessy by J. Patrick Hennessy and Larry Johnson, Shreveport, for Peter Frank Smiciklas and Susan Durden Smiciklas.

Boles, Boles & Ryan by William R. Boles, Jr., Monroe, for Groendyke Transport, Inc., Gary Charles Champion and North Star Reinsurance Corp.

Bodenheimer, Jones, Klotz & Simmons by Mary L. Coon Blackley, Shreveport, for intervenor, Sentry Ins. Co.

Mathews, Atkinson, Guglielmo, Marks & Day by John W. Perry, Jr., Baton Rouge, for Ace Hardware Corp. and Sentry Ins. Co.

Before HALL, MARVIN and NORRIS, JJ.

NORRIS, Judge.

The plaintiffs, Peter and Susan Smiciklas, appeal a jury verdict which dismissed their claims for personal injury and related relief from the head-on collision of two 18-wheelers. Joining in the appeal are Smiciklas's employer and workers comp carrier. The defendant, Gary Champion, was found free of fault in the collision. Appellants now complain that the jury instructions were confusing and erroneous and that the verdict is manifestly erroneous. For...

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