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HUGHES v. GEARHART INDUSTRIES, INC.

No. 88 CA 1369.

552 So.2d 717 (1989)

John W. HUGHES v. GEARHART INDUSTRIES, INC., and CNA Insurance Companies.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Writ Granted January 26, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Samanie, Samanie, Barnes & Allen, Houma, for plaintiff-appellant John W. Hughes.

Joseph G. Gallagher, Jr., Hulse, Nelson & Wanek, New Orleans, for defendant-appellee Gearhart Industries, Inc. and CNA Ins. Companies.

Before COVINGTON, WATKINS and SHORTESS, JJ.

SHORTESS, Judge.

This suit was brought by John W. Hughes (plaintiff) against his employer, Gearhart Industries, Inc. (Gearhart), and CNA Insurance Company (CNA), Gearhart's worker's compensation insurer.

Plaintiff collided with an 18-wheel tractor-trailer rig on Louisiana Highway 1 in Lafourche Parish on the evening of February 1, 1983, after leaving a nearby lounge. Plaintiff's vehicle crossed the center line. Plaintiff was seriously injured and was taken...

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