Martin v. Central Casualty Co.

CULPEPPER, Judge.

In this tort action, the plaintiffs, Ivan Dale Martin, et al., seek damages for the deaths of their father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Howard Martin, who were killed when their car was struck from the rear by a truck being driven by an employee of Willie Lormand Company on March 20, 1960, near Opelousas, Louisiana. The only defendants named by plaintiffs were Willie Lormand Company and its liability insurer, Central Casualty Company. The said defendants filed a third party petition seeking to implead as a third-party defendant, The Insurance Company of the State of…