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FONTENOT v. COOPER

Nos. 91-785, 90-1295.

599 So.2d 883 (1992)

Ruby FONTENOT, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants/Appellees, v. Kenneth COOPER, et al., Defendants-Appellees/Appellants. John FONTENOT, et al., Plaintiff-Appellant/Appellee, v. Kenneth COOPER, et al., Defendant-Appellee/Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

May 20, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gist, Methvin, Hughes & Munsterman, Howard A. Gist, III, James B. Reichman, David Hughes, Stafford, Stewart & Potter, Russell Potter, Bradley Gadel, Alexandria, for Geico.

McHale, Bufkin & Dees, Louis D. Bufkin, Lake Charles, for plaintiff-appellant.

Eugene Cicardo, Alexandria, for intervenor-appellant.

Raggio, Cappel, Chozen & Berniard, L. Paul Foreman, Lake Charles, for Cooper.

Plauche, Smith & Nieset, Jeffery M. Cole, Lake Charles, for Farmers Ins.

Brittain & Williams, Russell L. Sylvester, Joe P. Williams, Natchitoches, and F. Clay Tillman, Jr., Leesville, for La. Farm Bureau Ins.

Before YELVERTON, KNOLL and MARCANTEL, JJ.

YELVERTON, Judge.

This appeal is from a judgment based on jury findings of liability and damages resulting from a head-on collision between two cars on a country road in Vernon Parish.

The case comes before us on two issues. The first is responsibility for the accident. Ruby Fontenot, the plaintiff, claims that both drivers, and not just one as found by the jury, shared in the fault that caused the accident. In this contention Ruby is joined by one of the...

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