State Farm Mut. Auto. v. Heritage Ins. Co.

Full title: STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, v…

Court: Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit

Date published: Jul 15, 1981

401 So. 2d 538 (La. Ct. App. 1981)

Opinion

No. 14575.

June 8, 1981. En Banc. Rehearing Denied July 15, 1981.

Appeal from the Fourth Judicial District Court, Parish of Ouachita; John R. Joyce.

Johnson, Johnson Johnson by Don H. Johnson, Monroe, for defendant-appellant, State of Louisiana through Department of Highways.

Snelling, Breard, Sartor, Inabnett Trascher by Kent Breard, Monroe, for defendants-appellees, Heritage Ins. Co. and Sue Combs.

Theus, Grisham, Davis Leigh by J. Bachman Lee, Monroe, for plaintiff-appellee, State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co.

Before HALL, JASPER E. JONES and FRED W. JONES, Jr., JJ.

FRED W. JONES, Jr., Judge.

This suit was consolidated with Garrison v. State of Louisiana, through the Department of Highways, et al., 401 So.2d 528. (La.App. 2d Cir. 1981), docket No. 14,573, for trial purposes. The trial court rendered separate judgments in the consolidated cases. We considered the three suits together and gave our reasons for judgment in all three cases in Garrison, supra. For the reasons assigned in that opinion rendered on this date, we affirm the judgment of the trial court in this case, at appellant's cost.