Legal Opinion
Finn v. National Fire Insurance
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided October 30, 1957No. 8751PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HARDY, Judge.
This is a suit in which plaintiff claims damages for the death of her husband, who was fatally injured in a highway accident allegedly caused by the negligence of defendant’s assured. From a judgment in favor of plaintiff in the principal sum of $12,500 defendant has appealed.
On the morning of September 12, 1956, plaintiff’s husband, Arthur Joe Finn, was driving a 1953 GMC truck and trailer, heavily loaded with logs, in an easterly direction on Louisiana highway 117. At a *285point on the highway, near the foot of a slight grade and just east of a gradual curve of the highway, a…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Taylor v. Fidelity & Casualty Co. of New YorkLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1951
- Cox v. Louisiana Department of HighwaysLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1946
3Cited by5 opinions
- Granata v. SimpsonLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1965
- Peterson v. HerndonLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1970
- United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. v. PowellLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1961
- Finn v. National Fire InsuranceLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1958
- Wollerson v. Arkansas-Louisiana Gas Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1963