FONTENOT v. LAPEROUSE

No. 00-130.

774 So.2d 278 (2000)

Thelma FONTENOT, Individually and as Natural Tutrix for The Minor Child, Claudia Fontenot, and Shivone Hamilton. v. James J. LAPEROUSE and Allstate Insurance Company.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Writs Denied January 26, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. John W. Miller, Lafayette, Louisiana, Counsel For Plaintiffs/Appellants Thelma Fontenot, et al.

Mr. John W. Penny, Jr., Penny & Hardy, Lafayette, Louisiana, Counsel For Defendants/Appellees James J. Laperouse & Allstate Insurance Co.

Mr. F. Douglas Gatz, Jr., Preis, Kraft & Roy, Lafayette, Louisiana, Counsel For Defendant/Appellee Allstate Idemnity Co.

Mr. Steven B. Rabalais, Rabalais, Hanna & Hebert, LLC, Lafayette, Louisiana, Counsel For Defendant National Fire & Marine.

(Court composed of Chief Judge NED E. DOUCET, Jr., and Judges BILLIE COLOMBARO WOODARD, JIMMIE C. PETERS, MARC T. AMY, and ELIZABETH A. PICKETT.)


WOODARD, Judge.

Ms. Thelma Fontenot, individually and as the natural tutrix for the minor child, Claudia Fontenot, and Shivone Hamilton filed suit for damages, arising out of an automobile accident, against Mr. James J. Laperouse and his insurer, Allstate Insurance Company (Allstate). Claudia later amended the petition to permit her to prosecute the action individually, as she had reached the age of majority. A jury found...

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