VESTAL v. KIRKLAND

Nos. 11-419, 11-420, 11-421.

81 So.3d 748 (2011)

Roger VESTAL, Emanuel Hammonds, and Johnnie O'Hara v. Cynthia D. KIRKLAND, Schneider National Carriers, Inc. and INS Insurance Company.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Rehearing Denied January 11, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. Jay Luneau , Alexandria, LA, for Plaintiff/Appellee, Cynthia D. Kirkland.

D. Randolph Street , Street & Street, Monroe, LA, for Plaintiff/Appellee, Johnnie O'Hara.

C. David Vasser, Jr. , Vasser & Vasser, Baton Rouge, LA, for Plaintiffs/Appellees, Liberty Mutual Fire Ins. Co. and Schneider National Carriers, Inc.

James D. "Buddy" Caldwell , Attorney General, Elizabeth B. Hollins , Assistant Attorney General, Louisiana Department of Justice, Litigation Division, Lake Charles, LA, for Defendant/Appellant, State of Louisiana, DOTD.

Court composed of SYLVIA R. COOKS, JAMES T. GENOVESE, and PHYLLIS M. KEATY, Judges.


COOKS, Judge.

On November 27, 2006, Cynthia Kirkland was driving a 2006 Freightliner eighteen-wheeler owned by her employer, Schneider National Carriers. She was returning from the Proctor & Gamble plant in Pineville, Louisiana, where she had picked up a trailer loaded with soap products. She was driving south on Louisiana Highway 165 in Allen Parish when she observed an accident ahead of her. At this point on Hwy. 165...

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