Nelson v. Burkeen Construction Co.

11 BROWN, Judge.

Plaintiff, Chauncy Theron Fitch Nelson, and his brother, Tracy Fitch Nelson, are the natural children of Willie Fitch, born of his marriage to Winnifred Washington Fitch. The Fitches divorced and the two children were adopted by Winnifred’s second husband, Dr. Richard T. Nelson, Jr.

Willie Fitch, an employee of the More-house Parish Highway Department, was standing between two parked vehicles when a Burkeen Construction Company truck struck one of the vehicles owned by the City of Bastrop, which then struck and killed Fitch. Fitch’s second wife, Dorothy Fitch, filed a wrongful…