HARVEY EX REL. BATES v. T.H.E. INS. CO.

No. 99-1440.

764 So.2d 354 (2000)

John HARVEY on Behalf of his Minor Child Veda BATES and Robert and Josie Major, et al. v. T.H.E. INSURANCE COMPANY, D'Heilly and Sons Rides, Inc. and Jerry Lightfoot.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

June 28, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Randolph A. Piedrahita, Due', Caballero, Price and Guidry, Baton Rouge, LA, Counsel for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Thomas R. Hightower, Lafayette, LA, Counsel for Defendants-Appellees.

Court composed of DOUCET, Chief Judge, THIBODEAUX, SAUNDERS, COLOMBARO, and AMY, Judges.


SAUNDERS, Judge.

This matter arises from an accident wherein fourteen-year-old Veda Harvey was thrown from a carnival ride, the Swinger, at the October 1997 Swine Festival in Basile, Louisiana. The young girl suffered several injuries and ultimately lost one kidney. Suit was brought and a bench trial was had which resulted in the trial judge's conclusion that the ride owner, D'Heilly & Sons, and the Swinger operator, Jerry Lynn Lightfoot, were not at fault. We...

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