SAM v. ROGERS

No. 88-1280.

559 So.2d 1001 (1990)

Carolyn SAM, Melvin Sam, and Carolyn & Melvin Sam, on behalf of their minor daughter, Tamika Sam, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Iza ROGERS and State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Writs Denied June 29, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sylvia Cooks, Lafayette, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Roy, Forrest & Lopresto, Jackson B. Bolinger, Lafayette, for defendants-appellees.

Before DOMENGEAUX, C.J., and YELVERTON and KNOLL, JJ.


DOMENGEAUX, Chief Judge.

Carolyn Sam was seven months pregnant when she was involved in a car accident with Iza Rogers on December 15, 1984. Nine days later, Mrs. Sam experienced the onset of labor, and four days after that, her baby was delivered approximately six weeks prematurely.

As a result of these events, Mrs. Sam and her husband, Melvin Sam, filed suit on their own behalf and on behalf of their minor daughter, Tamika Sam, against Iza Rogers and her...

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