CRAFT v. ALLSTATE INS. CO.

No. 95-160.

663 So.2d 116 (1995)

Clayton B. CRAFT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ALLSTATE INSURANCE CO. and Paul Clark, Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Writ Denied December 15, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. Mark McKee, West Monroe, for Clayton B. Craft.

James A. Bolen Jr., Stacy C. Auzenne, Alexandria, for Allstate Ins. Co., et al.

Before KNOLL and SULLIVAN, JJ., and BROUILLETTE, J. Pro Tem.


KNOLL, Judge.

The issue on appeal is whether a non-owner driver of a vehicle may have a cause of action against the owner for injuries caused or enhanced by a defect in that vehicle even if the defect was not a cause-in-fact of the accident in which the injuries were incurred.

The plaintiff was allegedly injured in a single vehicular accident in a vehicle which had no seat belts because the owner removed them. We conclude that Louisiana law affords such a...

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