DASPIT v. BARBER

Nos. 2000-CA-1221, 2000-CA-1222.

786 So.2d 962 (2001)

Byron T. DASPIT v. Philip M. BARBER and USAA Casualty Insurance Company a/k/a USAA Property and Casualty Insurance Company. Frank T. Scaturro and Byron T. Daspit v. Hamdi Zayed, Progressive Security Insurance Company and State Farm Insurance Company.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Writ Denied June 15, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raymond A. Milly, Metairie, LA, for plaintiff/appellant, Byron T. Daspit.

C. Gordon Johnson, Jr., James R. Nieset, Jr., Porteous, Hainkel, Johnson & Sarpy, New Orleans, LA, for defendants/appellees, USAA Casualty Ins. Co. and Philip Barber.

Renee' Clark McGinty, Renee' Clark McGinty & Associates, New Orleans, LA, for defendants/appellees, Hamdi Zayed and Progressive Security Ins. Co.

David P. Salley, Edward J. Rivera, Sessions & Fishman, L.L.P., New Orleans, LA, for defendants/appellees, State Farm Mutual Automobile Ins. Co.

Court composed of Judge JOAN BERNARD ARMSTRONG, Judge STEVEN R. PLOTKIN, and Judge DAVID S. GORBATY.


PLOTKIN, J.

Plaintiff Byron Daspit requests this court to enter a damage award, which the trial court denied after holding that both defendant drivers were 100 percent at fault in their accidents with Mr. Daspit.

Facts

Mr. Daspit worked at Southern Eagle Sales & Services, Inc. for twelve years as a diesel truck mechanical. He was involved in a work accident while changing tires in early 1996, in which he hurt his back. On July 9, 1996, he was...

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