Zelm v. General Motors Corp.

CRAIN, Judge.

This is an appeal from a default judgment entered against Royal Insurance Company of America in the amount of $1,206,016.90.

Decedent, Ante F. Zelm, was employed as a driver for a trucking firm owned by Dan and Lillie Hebert in Amelia, Louisiana. On March 11,1982, at approximately 4:00 a.m., allegedly during the course and scope of her employment, Zelm was driving a 1982 Chevrolet Fleetside truck in a westerly direction on Louisiana Highway 69 in Iber-ville Parish. Upon approaching the Muddy Bayou Bridge, Zelm’s vehicle crossed the eastbound lane and struck the bridge abutment.…