HOLMES v. CITY OF BAKER SCHOOL BOARD

2019 CA 0404.

295 So.3d 403 (2019)

James HOLMES, Sr. and James Holmes, Jr. v. CITY OF BAKER SCHOOL BOARD and ACE American Insurance Co.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Judgment Rendered: December 12, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Danial C. Vidrine , J. Michael McDonald , E. Eric Guirard , David L. Bateman , Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Counsel for Plaintiff/Appellant. James Holmes, Sr. and Counsel for Plaintiff/Appellee, James Holmes, Jr.

Winston G. Decuir, Sr. , Brandon J. DeCuir , Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Counsel for Defendants/Appellees, School Board City of Baker and Ace American Insurance Co.

Floyd A. Buras, III , Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Counsel for Defendant/Appellee, GEICO Casualty Company.

BEFORE: McCLENDON, WELCH, AND HOLDRIDGE, JJ.


This appeal presents the res nova issue of whether an employee has a right of action against his employers' uninsured/underinsured motorist insurer for damages sustained in a hit-and-run motor vehicle accident while the employee was in the course and scope of his employment. The plaintiff, James Holmes, Sr., appeals a trial...

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