TRABEAU v. MACK TRUCKS, INC.

No. 88 CA 0555.

543 So.2d 1381 (1989)

Deborah Marie Bryant TRABEAU, et al. v. MACK TRUCKS, INC., et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Rehearing Denied June 23, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William E. LeBlanc, White Castle, for Deborah Trabeau.

Boris Navratil, Baton Rouge, for Illinois Cent. Gulf.

Richard T. Reed, Baton Rouge, for Aetna Cas. & Sur. Co.

Dan Edward West, Baton Rouge, for Mack Trucks, Inc.

Harvey Lee Hall, Baton Rouge, pro se.

Edward Gray, Baton Rouge, for Scott Hollingsworth Equipment Co., Inc.

Robert E. Barkley, New Orleans, pro se.

Before CARTER, LANIER and LeBLANC, JJ.


CARTER, Judge.

This is an appeal by Illinois Central Gulf Railroad from a judgment of the trial court finding the deceased, Kerry J. Trabeau, 55% at fault, and Illinois Central Gulf Railroad (ICG), 45% at fault. The fatal accident occurred at an ICG railroad crossing on Louisiana Highway 22 in Ascension Parish. The trial court awarded a total sum of $1,258,737.00 to the surviving wife and children, then reduced the award by 55% because of the negligence of the deceased...

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