NOWELL v. STATE FARM MUT. AUTO. INS. CO.

No. 22186-CA.

576 So.2d 77 (1991)

Carl Edward NOWELL, Jr., et ux., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

Rehearing Denied March 28, 1991.

Writ Denied May 31, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Troy E. Bain and Walker, Tooke, Perlman, Lyons and Greer by Laurie W. Lyons, Shreveport, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Lunn, Irion, Johnson, Salley & Carlisle by Marshall R. Pearce, Shreveport, for defendants-appellees Carl Nowell, III and State Farm Ins.

Bodenheimer, Jones, Klotz & Simmons by Frank H. Thaxton, III and Mary L. Coon Blackley, Shreveport, for defendants-appellees Cuestas, Inc. and Guaranty Nat. Ins. Co.

Before MARVIN, C.J., and NORRIS and BROWN, JJ.


MARVIN, Chief Judge.

In a wrongful death and survival action arising out of a one-car accident, the mother and father of the decedent, their 25-year-old son, appeal a judgment based on a jury verdict. Appellants seek to increase the amounts awarded them and to reduce the allocation of 30 percent of the fault to the decedent.

The decedent, Mark Nowell, was a passenger in the car owned and being driven by his older...

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