MITCHELL v. FIRE AND CAS. INS. CO. OF CONNECTICUT

No. CA 87 1261.

540 So.2d 352 (1989)

Charles MITCHELL, III v. The FIRE AND CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY OF CONNECTICUT, Orion Group Inc.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

February 28, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard Broussard, Lafayette, for plaintiff-appellant Charles Mitchell, III.

Leah Barron, Glen Scott Love, Baton Rouge, for intervenor-appellant United States Fidelity & Guar. Co.

Albert Dale Clary, Baton Rouge, for defendant-appellee The Fire and Cas. Ins. Co. of Connecticut.

Before LOTTINGER, EDWARDS, WATKINS, SHORTESS and SAVOIE, JJ.


EDWARDS, Judge.

Plaintiff, who was injured in an automobile accident, appeals from a trial court decision in his favor, alleging three assignments of error. For the following reasons we affirm, but amend to increase the award of damages.

On December 6, 1983, Charles Mitchell was employed as a delivery person for an office supply company in Lake Charles, Louisiana. While in the process of making deliveries in Beaumont, Texas, Mitchell's delivery van was violently...

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