Collins v. New York Fire & Marine Underwriters

BARNETTE, Judge.

This appeal involves two cases arising from a single automobile-truck collision. The cases were consolidated for both trial and appeal.

In suit No. 2686, the plaintiff Mrs. Leo-nise Collins, wife of Abraham Smith, seeks damages for personal injuries sustained when a car driven by her husband collided with a truck owned and operated by Jefferson Parish Garbage District No. 1. She was a guest passenger in a car owned by Wallace A. Smith, her son, and insured by New York Fire and Marine Underwriters, Inc., and driven with the consent of the owner by Abraham Smith. Made defendants…