SAFFEL v. BAMBURG

Nos. 20,352-CA, 20,353-CA.

540 So.2d 988 (1989)

Bobby R. SAFFEL, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. James L. BAMBURG, et al., Defendants-Appellees. Ellis L. COLEMAN, Sr., et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. James L. BAMBURG, et al., Defendants-Appellants.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

Writs Denied May 12, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles Wilson Seaman, Natchitoches, for plaintiffs-appellants Bobby R. Saffel, et al.

James Edward Beal, Natchitoches, for plaintiffs-appellees Ellis L. Coleman, Sr., et al.

Watson, Murchison, Crews, Arthur & Corkern, Natchitoches, by Joseph B. Stamey, for defendant James L. Bamburg.

Mayer, Smith & Roberts by David F. Butterfield, Shreveport, for defendant-appellant Empire Fire & Marine Ins.

Brittain, Williams, et al., by Joseph Payne Williams, Natchitoches, for defendant-appellee Shelter Mutual Ins.

Bodenheimer, Jones, Klotz and Simmons by James P. Bodenheimer, Shreveport, for defendant-appellee Economy Fire & Cas. Ins. Co.

Before MARVIN, LINDSAY and HIGHTOWER, JJ.


HIGHTOWER, Judge.

This appeal results from consolidated suits growing out of an automobile accident. On October 18, 1983, a 1983 Buick owned by Ellis L. Coleman, Sr. and his wife, Myrtle, was traveling south on U.S. 71 near Coushatta. Mrs. Coleman was the driver, and her daughter, Patti, and Mrs. Katherine G. Saffel were passengers. James L. Bamburg, who had clearly been drinking, was operating a 1974 Chevrolet Nova owned by Rodney Messick in a northerly direction...

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