BELL v. TRAVELERS INDEM. CO.

No. CA 89 0151.

561 So.2d 731 (1990)

Michael L. BELL, as Administrator of the Estate of his Son, Joseph Lee Bell, and Sharon Faye Turner Bell v. The TRAVELERS INDEMNITY COMPANY, et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

March 16, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul Dué, Paul Marks, Jr., T. Jay Seale, Maxwell Kees, Baton Rouge, Joseph H. Simpson, Amite, for plaintiff-appellee Michael Bell.

Richard Macaluso, Hammond, Donald Schneider, Baton Rouge, for plaintiff-appellant Andrew P. Jones, Sr.

John M. Parker, Baton Rouge, for defendant-appellee The Travelers.

Donald R. Smith, Baton Rouge, for Allstate.

Ronny Champlin, Roxie F. Gaynes, Baton Rouge, for Dept. of Transp. & Development.

Before LOTTINGER, CRAIN and LeBLANC, JJ.


LOTTINGER, Judge.

This is an appeal from the trial court's judgment granting a peremptory exception raising the objection of no cause of action. The sole issue before us is whether the appellant has stated a cause of action for mental anguish and related damages by virtue of the fact that he witnessed a serious automobile accident in which his wife and four minor children were injured.

In accordance with the recent pronouncement of the Louisiana Supreme Court...

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