DUPLECHAIN v. OLD HICKORY CAS. INS. CO.

No. 90-833.

594 So.2d 995 (1992)

Lodis J. DUPLECHAIN III and Aline B. Duplechain, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. OLD HICKORY CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY, et al., Defendants, and Louisiana Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

February 12, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wm. Brinkhaus, C. Kenneth Deshotel, Opelousas, for plaintiff/appellee.

Dauzat, Falgoust, Caviness, Bienvenu & Stipe, Peter F. Caviness, Opelousas, for defendant/appellant—Farm Bureau Ins.

Dubuisson & Dubuisson, Edward B. Dubuisson, Opelousas, for defendant/appellee—Old Hickory Ins.

Before DOMENGEAUX, C.J., and STOKER and MARCANTEL, JJ.


DOMENGEAUX, Chief Judge.

Defendant, Louisiana Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company, appeals the portion of a trial court judgment awarding exemplary damages under La.C.C. art. 2315.4 to plaintiffs, Lodis and Aline Duplechain. For the following reasons, we affirm.

FACTS

At approximately 12:00 a.m. on September 7, 1986, Lodis Duplechain was driving in a northerly direction on Louisiana Highway 105 towards...

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