CRAIGHEAD v. PREFERRED RISK MUT. INS. CO.

No. 33,731-CA.

769 So.2d 112 (2000)

Chris L. CRAIGHEAD, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. PREFERRED RISK MUTUAL INSURANCE CO., et al., Defendants-Appellants.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

Rehearing Denied September 21, 2000.

Writ Denied December 15, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Blackwell, Chambliss, Henry, Caldwell, Cagle, McKee & Camp by Sam O. Henry, III, W. Mark McKee, West Monroe, Counsel for Plaintiffs-Appellees, Chris L. Craighead, Ind. and as W. Admin. of the Estate of Christopher Craighead and Deborah Craighead.

Hayes, Harkey, Smith & Cascio by Harry M. Moffett, IV, Monroe, Counsel for Plaintiff-Appellee, State Farm Ins. Co.

Cook, Yancey, King & Galloway by Sidney E. Cook, Jr., Shreveport, Counsel for Defendants-Appellants, Victor Jerome Sullivan, Cedar Creek School, and Preferred Risk Mutual Ins. Company.

Before BROWN, WILLIAMS and DREW, JJ.


DREW, J.

Victor Jerome Sullivan, Cedar Creek School and its insurer, Preferred Risk Mutual Ins. Co. (Cedar Creek defendants) appealed the judgment in which the trial court (1) granted Motions for Judgment Notwithstanding the Verdict and, alternatively, Motions for a New Trial; (2) found the Cedar Creek defendants to be 80% at fault in causing the accident; and (3) awarded the plaintiffs damages. On March 3, 1997 at 7:20 a.m., Caroline Craighead, age 11, was struck...

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