CHANDLER v. JONES

No. 87-681.

532 So.2d 402 (1988)

Rudolph CHANDLER, Plaintiff-Appellant-Appellee, v. Otis JONES, et al., Defendants-Appellees-Appellants.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

October 5, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rudolph Chandler, Alexandria, pro se.

Gachassin & Capretz, Nicholas Gachassin, Jr., Lafayette, for plaintiff/appellee/appellant.

Jeansonne & Briney, Charles J. Foret, Lafayette, Roy, Forrest & Lopresto, L. Albert Forrest, New Iberia, Martin, Taulbee, Rowe, Bares & Oliver, Howard W. Martin, Lafayette, for defendants/appellees/appellants.

Stockwell, Sievert, Viccellio, Clements & Shaddock, Robert W. Clements, Lake Charles, Due, Smith & Caballero, Paul Due, Baton Rouge, David Kaufman, Lafayette, for defendant/appellee.

Before DOMENGEAUX, KNOLL and KING, JJ.


KNOLL, Judge.

This appeal addresses the question of tort liability as it pertains to the responsibility for a gap in insurance coverage between the primary and excess carriers.

Rudolph Chandler (hereafter Chandler), as original plaintiff and as the assignee of some of the original defendants and third-party plaintiffs, Otis Jones (hereafter Jones), and his employer, Statewide Supply Corporation (hereafter Statewide), appeals the jury's verdict regarding third...

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