SAVOY v. HARRIS

Nos. 2009 CA 0221, 2009 CA 0222.

20 So.3d 1075 (2009)

Stephen SAVOY v. John HARRIS, Reliable Amusement Company, and Southern Insurance Company. Reliable Production Services, Inc., Reliable Amusement Co., Inc., United Pump & Equipment Co., Inc., Liberty Oil & Gas Corp., Liberty Resources, Inc., and R.P.S. Energy, Inc. v. Braxton Insurance Brokers, Inc., Paul P. Cooksey, ABC Insurance Company, Sphere Drake Insurance, PLC, Southern Insurance Corporation, Tom Cooksey, and United National Insurance Company.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Writ Denied October 9, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John N. Denenea, Jr., Brian G. Shearman, New Orleans, LA, for Plaintiff/2nd Appellant, Stephen Savoy.

David R. Frohn, Spencer L. Trahan, Lake Charles, LA, for Defendant/1st Appellant, Sphere Drake Insurance, PLC.

Lewis O. Unglesby, Robert M. Marionneaux, Jr., Barrett D. Burkart, Jr., Baton Rouge, LA, for Defendant/Appellee, Reliable Amusement Co., Inc.

Lindsay A. Larson, III, New Orleans, LA, for Defendants/Appellees, Tom Cooksey, Southern Ins. Co., and United National Ins. Co.

Before: CARTER, C.J., WHIPPLE and DOWNING, JJ.


CARTER, C.J.

These consolidated matters arose out of an April 29, 1996 rear-end collision between Stephen Savoy and a drunk driver, John Harris. Shortly after midnight and immediately before the accident on that Sunday night, Harris had been drinking. He was driving a van owned by his employer, Reliable Amusement Company (Reliable), and allegedly insured by Sphere Drake Insurance, PLC (Sphere Drake). Harris was employed as a route man whose job was to service and...

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