ORAZIO v. HENDERSON

No. 01-0028.

790 So.2d 754 (2001)

Dr. Joni ORAZIO and Dr. Charles Bramlet, Individually and on Behalf of their Minor Daughter, Madelyn Bramlet v. Justin HENDERSON, James Henderson, Nadra Henderson, and Progressive Insurance Company.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

July 11, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elwood C. Stevens Jr., Kleinpeter, Schwartzberg, Etc. Morgan City, LA, Counsel for Dr. Joni Orazio, Dr. Charles Bramlet.

David Thomas Butler Jr., Funderburk & Andrews, Baton Rouge, LA, Counsel for Progressive Insurance Company.

Tracy Peter Curtis, Perret, Doise, APLC, Lafayette, LA, Counsel for Justin Henderson, James Henderson, Nadra Henderson.

Court composed of Chief Judge NED E. DOUCET, Jr., HENRY L. YELVERTON, and ELIZABETH A. PICKETT, Judges.


YELVERTON, Judge.

The issue in this case is whether a Progressive Insurance Company motor vehicle policy provided coverage for the vicarious liability of parents for the negligence of their unemancipated minor child.

On May 23, 1997, Justin Henderson, a 16 year old living with his parents, James and Nadra Henderson, rear-ended Dr. Joni Orazio's Suburban. Plaintiffs, Dr. Joni Orazio and Dr. Charles Bramlet, wife and husband, individually and on behalf of their...

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