Legal Opinion
Ardoin v. Crown Zellerbach Corp.
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided February 11, 1970No. 2981PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CULPEPPER, Judge.
This is a wrongful death action. Plaintiffs are respectively the widow and the minor daughter of Abraham Ardoin. He was killed when the pickup truck which he was driving was struck at a highway intersection by a large truck-trailer owned by the defendant, Crown Zellerbach Corporation, and being driven by the defendant, Walter A. Zwilling. The trial judge awarded the widow $15,000 and the minor daughter $5,000. Defendants appealed.
The substantial issues are (1) negligence of the defendant driver, (2) contributory negligence of the deceased and (3) whether the doctrine of last…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Gauthier v. FoglemanLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1951
- Richard v. Southern Farm Bureau Casualty Ins. Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1968
- Mahaffey v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Ins. Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1965
- State Farm Mutual Automobile Ins. Co. v. MerrittLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1966
- Landrum v. New Amsterdam Casualty CompanyLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1963
3Cited by4 opinions
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- Ardoin v. Crown Zellerbach Corp.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1970