FITCH v. VINTAGE PETROLEUM, INC.

No. 91-685.

608 So.2d 286 (1992)

Jimmie W. FITCH, Jr., et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. VINTAGE PETROLEUM, INC., et al., Defendants-Appellants.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

November 4, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

St Martin, Lirette & Shea, Denis J. Gaubert, III, Wm. S. Watkins, Houma, for plaintiff/appellee.

Jeansonne & Briney, Christopher L. Zaunbrecher, Lafayette, for defendant/appellant.

Roy, Forrest, Lopresto, Stephen H. Myers, Lafayette, for State Farm.

Before STOKER and YELVERTON, JJ., and COREIL, J. Pro Tem.


STOKER, Judge.

This case involves the application of the principle of res judicata. The issue on appeal in this personal injury case is whether the trial court erred in precluding litigation of the fault issue and limiting the trial to quantum issues in a suit for damages allegedly sustained in an automobile accident.

Jimmy W. Fitch, Jr., one of the plaintiffs in the present case, had been a co-defendant in a prior case based on the same automobile accident...

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