HILL v. COREGIS INS. CO.

No. 40,199-CA.

911 So.2d 939 (2005)

Angela L. HILL, et al., Plaintiff-Appellee v. COREGIS INSURANCE COMPANY, et al., Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

September 21, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Perret Doise by Ian A. MacDonald, Lafayette, for Appellants Farmers Ins. Exchange and Melissa Lynch.

Paul B. Wilkins, Columbia, for Appellees Angela Hill & William Hill.

Hayes, Harkey, Smith & Cascio, L.L.P., by Harry M. Moffett, IV, Monroe, for Appellee State Farm Ins.

Andrus & Doherty by James H. Doherty, Jr., Opelousas, for Appellees Chad Williams and Imperial Fire and Casualty Ins. Co.

Before BROWN, WILLIAMS and MOORE, JJ.


MOORE, J.

Farmers' Insurance Exchange appeals a judgment totaling $100,000 in favor of plaintiffs who avoided a jury trial by limiting their cause of action to $50,000. For the reasons expressed, we reverse and remand the case for trial by jury.

Procedural Background

On a late afternoon in November 2001, Melissa Lynch was driving her 1997 Mitsubishi Galant on the south traffic circle (U.S. Hwy. 71) in Alexandria, Louisiana. The plaintiff,...

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