JENKS v. STATE

No. CA-6352.

507 So.2d 877 (1987)

Jacqueline JENKS v. STATE of Louisiana, Houston Darden, JoAnn Darden and XYZ Insurance Company.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Rehearings Denied June 17, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James A. Gray, II, Jefferson, Bryan & Gray, New Orleans, for plaintiff.

W. Marvin Hall, Hailey, McNamara, Hall, Larmann & Papale, Baton Rouge, for defendants.

Before REDMANN, GULOTTA, BARRY, LOBRANO and WARD, JJ.


BARRY, Judge.

In this action for the wrongful death of a child in a foster home, the foster parents' homeowner insurer, State Farm Insurance Company, appeals from a jury verdict of $100,000 in favor of the child's natural mother.

On December 1, 1982 fifteen month old Henry Jenks was hospitalized for a severe head injury and died soon after. An autopsy revealed a skull fracture, hemorrhaging under the surface of the scalp, and bleeding in both buttocks. Approximately...

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