PATEL v. DUBOIS

Nos. 18574-CA, 18575-CA.

509 So.2d 182 (1987)

B.G. PATEL, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Charles DUBOIS, et al., Defendants-Appellants.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

June 10, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Watson, Murchison, Crews, Arthur & Corkern by Ronald E. Corkern, Jr., Natchitoches, for Charles Dubois, P & O Falco, Inc. and Travelers Ins. Co., defendants-appellants.

Henry & Henry by Michael Henry, Natchitoches, for Mayuri Patel, Minor Daughter of B.G. Patel, plaintiff-appellee.

Kelly & Salim by Robert L Salim, Natchitoches, for Sapna Patel, Minor Daughter of B.G. Patel, plaintiff-appellee.

Before HALL, JASPER E. JONES, FRED W. JONES, Jr., SEXTON and LINDSAY, JJ.


SEXTON, Judge.

The defendants-appellants appeal the trial court judgment in favor of B.G. Patel, granting $9,900.00 to each of B.G. Patel's two daughters and assessing the defendant-driver, Mr. Charles Dubois, with eighty-five (85%) percent liability and Mayuri Patel, the driver of the Patel vehicle, with fifteen (15%) percent liability. For the reasons expressed herein, we reverse the judgment of the trial court.

Plaintiff-appellee brought separate suits...

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