NORFLEET v. LIFEGUARD TRANSP. SERVICE, INC.

No. 2005-CA-0501.

934 So.2d 846 (2006)

Reginald NORFLEET, Rene Norfleet, Sr., Zapata Norfleet, Byron Norfleet and Mercedes N. Ducre, all Individually and on Behalf of their Deceased Mother, Betty Butler Norfleet v. LIFEGUARD TRANSPORTATION SERVICE, INC., Sharon Dean, American Casualty Company of Reading Pennsylvania, Sunbridge Healthcare Corporation d/b/a Sunbridge Care & Rehab for New Orleans, et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied July 25, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard C. Trahant, Metairie, LA, Steven J. Rando, Law Offices of Steven J. Rando, L.L.C., Harahan, LA, Harry T. Lemmon, M. Lauren Lemmon, New Orleans, LA, for Plaintiffs/Appellants.

Paul A. Eckert, Bastian & Associates, New Orleans, LA, and Margaret Diamond, McGlinchey Stafford, PLLC, New Orleans, LA, for Defendant/Appellee.

(Court composed of Judge TERRI F. LOVE, Judge LEON A. CANNIZZARO JR., Judge ROLAND L. BELSOME).


TERRI F. LOVE, Judge.

Reginald, Byron, Rene, Mercedes, and Zapata Norfleet appeal the jury findings and trial court decisions stemming from the death of their mother, Betty Norfleet. The jury allocated thirty percent fault to Easthaven Nursing Home and seventy percent fault to Lifeguard Transportation Service, Inc. Mrs. Norfleet's children filed a motion for JNOV or, alternatively, a new trial seeking to reallocate fault and increase damages. The trial court denied...

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