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JIMES v. LOPEZ

Nos. 45,922-CA, 45,923-CA, 45,924-CA.

57 So.3d 1118 (2011)

Lisa JIMES o/b/o Justin Jimes, Plaintiffs-Appellees v. Martin LOPEZ, et al., Defendants-Appellees Terry Henry, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellant v. Crum and Forster Indemnity Co., et al., Defendants-Appellees Sylvain Parisy, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants v. Crum and Forster Indemnity Co., et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

January 26, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

P. Alan Stegall , for Plaintiffs-Appellants, Sylvain Parisy, et al.

J. Patrick Hennessy , Shreveport, LA, for Plaintiff-Appellant, Terry Henry, Jr.

Kirby D. Kelly , by H. Dean Lucius, Jr. , for Plaintiffs-Appellees, Lisa and Justin Jimes.

Mayer, Smith & Roberts, by J. Kris Jackson , for Defendants-Appellees, Liberty Mutual Ins. Co., Donald Highley, and Suhor Industries, Inc.

Seabaugh & Joffrion, Shreveport, LA by Alan T. Seabaugh , for Defendant-Appellee, State Farm Mutual Auto Ins. Co.

Loban, Carnahan, Batt, Angelle & Nader, New Orleans, LA by Sidney J. Angelle , Brant J. Cacamo , for Defendant-Appellee Martin Lopez.

Allen & Gooch, Lafayette, LA by William H. Parker, III , for Defendants-Appellees, Quality Intermodal Delivery Services and United States Fire Ins. Co. (Crum & Forster Indemnity).

Wiener, Weiss & Madison, by Frank H. Spruiell, Jr. , for Defendants-Appellees, Paul Ware and Progressive Ins. Co.

Before BROWN, STEWART, and DREW, JJ.

BROWN, Chief Judge.

The question in these three consolidated cases is whether the lead vehicle in a multi-car pile up was negligent. Martin Lopez, the driver of the lead vehicle, a 1999 Freightliner semi-truck and trailer, his employer and insurer, filed motions for summary judgment which were granted by the trial court. Plaintiffs appealed. We affirm.

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This accident occurred on the afternoon of August 25, 2007, in Shreveport, Louisiana....

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