STRAUGHTER v. HARNWELL

No. 30662-CA.

715 So.2d 718 (1998)

Theresa STRAUGHTER and Charles Smith, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Mary H. HARNWELL, State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, Robert E. Bigsby and Old Republic Insurance Company, Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

June 30, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard L. Fewell, Jr., Monroe, for Appellants.

Hayes, Harkey, Smith & Cascio by Karen L. Hayes, Monroe, for Appellee Old Republic Ins. Co.

Theus, Grisham, Davis & Leigh by Thomas G. Zentner, Jr., Monroe, for Appellee Mary Harwell and State Farm Mutual Auto Ins.

Walter C. Dunn, Jr., Monroe, for Appellee Robert Bigsby.

Before MARVIN, C.J., and BROWN and STEWART, JJ.


BROWN, Judge.

Plaintiffs, Theresa Straughter and Charles Smith, were passengers in a truck rented and driven by Robert Bigsby. Straughter asked Smith and Bigsby to help her move some furniture to her new address in south Monroe. Bigsby rented a 1989 Ford utility truck from Taylor Rental, a local agent for Ryder Rentals. He picked up the truck the morning of February 3, 1994, and the trio began moving Straughter's belongings.

Bigsby, with Straughter and Smith...

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