Abelous Mayeaux and Whitney J. Roussell v. American Mutual Liability Insurance Corporation

THORNBERRY, Circuit Judge:

Appellants instituted this diversity suit in the court below against American Mutual Liability Insurance Corporation under the Louisiana Direct Action statute, seeking to recover damages for injuries sustained by them in a collision between the automobile in which they were riding and a truck owned by the insured, Saia Motor Freight Truck Lines, Inc. Trial to a jury resulted in a verdict and judgment in favor of the defendant insurer. Appellants bring this appeal complaining, first, of the refusal of the trial court to allow a portion of the testimony of a witness to…