VITRANO v. FRANKS

No. 12-183.

92 So.3d 1227 (2012)

Glen VITRANO, et ux. v. Nellie FRANKS, et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

June 6, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brian M. Caubarreaux , Brian Caubarreaux & Associates, Marksville, LA, for Plaintiffs/Appellees, Glen Vitrano, Patricia Vitrano.

Dana G. Hall , Matthew D. Fontenot , Borne & Wilkes, L.L.P., Lafayette, LA, for Defendants/Appellants, Safeway Insurance Company of Louisiana, Nellie Franks.

L. Bianca Chretien , John E. Ortego & Associates, Lafayette, LA, for Defendant/Appellee, State Farm Fire & Casualty Company.

Court composed of ULYSSES GENE THIBODEAUX, Chief Judge, OSWALD A. DECUIR, and MARC T. AMY, Judges.


AMY, Judge.

The plaintiffs alleged that they suffered injuries when the defendant backed her vehicle into theirs after executing a turn. The defendant driver denied that she put her vehicle into reverse or that there was contact between the two vehicles. Following a bench trial, the trial court assigned seventy-five percent of the fault to the defendant and twenty-five percent of the fault to the plaintiffs. The defendant driver and her insurer appeal. For the following...

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