ROLAND v. OWENS

No. 00-CA-1846.

786 So.2d 167 (2001)

Lindy ROLAND, v. David OWENS, Frosty Treats Wholesale, Inc. and Zurich Insurance Company.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

April 24, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis A. Gerdes, Jr., New Orleans, LA, Attorney for Plaintiff/Appellant Lindy Roland.

Thomas E. Loehn, New Orleans, LA, Attorney for Defendants/Appellees David Owens and Frosty Treats Wholesale, Inc.

Thomas L. Gaudry, Jr., Thomas W. Darling, Gretna, LA, Attorneys for Defendant/Appellee Zurich Insurance Company.

Panel composed of Judges GOTHARD, CHEHARDY and SCHOTT, Pro Tempore.


GOTHARD, Judge.

The plaintiff appeals from a grant of summary judgment in favor of defendant insurance company, finding that a worker's compensation adjudication was res judicata to the plaintiffs tort suit. For the following reasons, we affirm the decision of the trial court.

On November 12, 1996, plaintiff filed a petition for damages alleging that he was injured on July 18, 1996, when his vehicle was struck by...

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