Whitaker v. Batiste

Full title: ETHEL B. WHITAKER, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE OF HER…

Court: Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit

Date published: Sep 28, 1979

373 So. 2d 1375 (La. Ct. App. 1979)

Opinion

No. 12715.

July 10, 1979. Writ Granted September 28, 1979.

ON APPEAL FROM THE NINETEENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT IN AND FOR THE PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE; DANIEL W. LeBLANC, JUDGE PRESIDING.

J. Arthur Smith, III, Baton Rouge, of counsel, for plaintiff-appellant Jimmy Dell Whitaker.

Norman L. Haymer, Jr., Baton Rouge, of counsel, for plaintiff-appellee Arthur Corker.

Frank A. Fertitta, Baton Rouge, of counsel, for defendant-appellee Hayward Charles Batiste.

David W. Robinson, Baton Rouge, of counsel, for defendant-appellee Fidelity Cas. Co.

Henry D. Salassi, Jr., Baton Rouge, of counsel, for defendant-appellee Church's Fried Chicken Inc., and Fireman's Fund Ins. Co.

Kenneth E. Barnette, Baton Rouge, of counsel, for intervenor-appellee Fireman's Fund Ins. Co.

Before ELLIS, LOTTINGER and LEAR, JJ.

LOTTINGER, Judge.

This is an executive officer suit. This matter was consolidated for purposes of trial with another suit entitled, Whitaker et al. v. Church's Fried Chicken, Inc., no. 12714 on the docket of this court. For the reasons given in the opinion 373 So.2d 1371 this date rendered in suit no. 12714, the judgment of the trial court is affirmed. All costs of this appeal are to be paid by plaintiff-appellant, as provided by law.

AFFIRMED.