Legal Opinion
Cox v. Gross
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided June 29, 1950No. 3258PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ELLIS, Judge.
The plaintiffs, who were the sisters and sole and, only heirs of William Stevens, who was struck and killed on October 22, 1949 around 8 A. M. while crossing a paved highway known as the Plank Road, at a point approximately two miles south of Clinton, Louisiana, in front of a night club known as “The Spot” by an automobile driven by the defendant’s minor daughter, have instituted this suit in which they are asking $5,000 each for mental pain, anguish, and loss of companionship of their deceased brother as the result of his death.
An exception of no right or cause of action was…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Jackson v. CookSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1938
- Rottman v. BeverlySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1935
- Fontenot v. FreudensteinLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1941
- Iglesias v. CampbellLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1937
- Succession of SavoieSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1940
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Nomey v. State, Department of HighwaysLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1976
- Reeves v. State Farm Mutual Automobile InsuranceLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1963
- Freeman v. United States Casualty Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1956
- Griffin v. Yellow Cab Co. of ShreveportLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1952
- Richards v. GettysLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1976
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