SOILEAU v. SMITH TRUE VALUE AND RENTAL

No. 11-1594.

130 So.3d 1060 (2014)

Mary Phyllis SOILEAU v. SMITH TRUE VALUE AND RENTAL, et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

January 30, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. Glenn Soileau , Jacques P. Soileau , Soileau & Soileau, Breaux Bridge, LA, for Plaintiff/Appellee, Mary Phyllis Soileau.

Anthony C. Dupre , Attorney at Law, Ville Platte, LA, for Defendant/Appellee, Smith True Value and Rental.

Bradley C. Myers , John F. Jakuback , Kean, Miller, Hawthorne, D'Armond, McCowand & Jarman, Baton Rouge, LA, for Defendant/Appellee, Risk Management, Inc.

Peter F. Caviness , Steven J. Bienvenu , Dauzat, Falgoust, Caviness & Bienvenu, L.L.P., Opelousas, LA, for Defendant/Appellee, Louisiana Municipal Risk Management.

J. Michael Percy , Andrew P. Texada , Stafford, Stewart & Potter, Alexandria, LA, for Defendants/Appellees, Deere and Company John Deere Limited.

Richard J. Petre, Jr. , Onebane Law Firm, Lafayette, LA, for Defendant/Appellee, Smith's Hardware.

Charles M. Lanier, Jr. , Mary Beth Meyer , Christovich & Kearney, LLC, New Orleans, LA, for Defendant/Appellant, Hartford Insurance Company.

Karen Day White , Louisiana Municipal Association, Baton Rouge, LA, for Defendant/Appellee: Louisiana Municipal Association.

Rodney Janis , Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelmen & Dicker LLP, West Palm Beach, FL, for Defendant/Appellee, Smith's Hardware.

Court composed of JIMMIE C. PETERS, ELIZABETH A. PICKETT, and SHANNON J. GREMILLION, Judges.


GREMILLION, Judge.

The plaintiff, Mary Phyllis Soileau, and the defendant, Hartford Insurance Company, appealed a jury verdict in Soileau's favor. On remand from the Louisiana Supreme Court, we address the merits. For the following reasons, we affirm.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

Soileau sustained serious injuries following a November 2007 accident in which a John Deere front-end loader detached from...

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