BROWN v. DRILLERS, INC.

No. 93-CC-1019.

630 So.2d 741 (1994)

Ruth BROWN, Individually and on Behalf of Her Minor Daughter, Kimberly Lynn Brown v. DRILLERS, INC., et al.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

January 14, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles R. Moore, Moore, Walters & Shoenfelt, Baton Rouge, for applicant.

Stephen H. Vogt, Durrett, Hardin, Hunter, Dameron & Fritchie, J. Reginald Keogh, Keogh, Cox & Wilson, Baton Rouge, W. Gerald Gaudet, L. Michael Cooper, Voorhies & Labbe, James M. Dill, Onebane, Donohoe, Bernard, Torian, Diaz, McNamara & Abell, Lafayette, Kathleen A. Manning, Henri Wolbrette, III, Lamont P. Domingue, McGlinchey, Stafford, Cellini & Lang, New Orleans, for respondent.


HALL, Justice.*

The instant case is a sequel to our recent decision in Daigle v. Clemco Industries, 613 So.2d 619 (La.1993). Daigle repudiates the holding in Schiffman v. Service Truck Lines, Inc., 308 So.2d 824 (La.App. 4th Cir.1974), that a pre-death release of a wrongful death claim is contra bonos...

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