Murphy v. Martinez

PICKETT, Judge.

This is an action for damages instituted by the parents of an eight and one-half-year-old child who was struck and killed by an automobile owned and driven by Hu-lon N. Martinez. The plaintiffs are Andrew S. Murphy and his wife, Ethel Lobell Murphy, and the defendants are Hulon N. Martinez and the latter’s insurer, State Farm Automobile Insurance Company. After a trial on the merits, the trial court rendered judgment against the defendants, severally and in solido, and in favor of the plaintiffs for the sum of $10,000.00, to each parent for the death of their minor child, plus…